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Transnational Thursday for May 29, 2025

Transnational Thursday is a thread for people to discuss international news, foreign policy or international relations history. Feel free as well to drop in with coverage of countries you’re interested in, talk about ongoing dynamics like the wars in Israel or Ukraine, or even just whatever you’re reading.

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Some headlines for discussion:

4 Palestinians die after the storming of a UN food warehouse in Gaza. A distribution center from a group that agreed to work with Israeli restrictions meant to prevent aid being diverted or controlled by Hamas was also overrun. The head of this later group also resigned

Iran may pause enrichment for a year and ship off its highly enriched uranium in exchange for the US to recognize its right to enrich uranium for its civilian energy program and unfreeze funds.

Israel receives new U.S.-backed Gaza truce proposal: state media-Xinhua

Malta announces plan to officially recognize Palestine

Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills 172 in one week

Amnesty says over 10,000 killed in two years in Nigeria

Trump used offers of trade access to broker India-Pakistan ceasefire, claims U.S. Commerce Secretary

Eric Schmidt warns against China bombing US datacenters

UK announces $1B investment in cyber warfare

Ethiopia reports first mpox case

Trump admin cancels $766M in funding for moderna.

Israel receives new U.S.-backed Gaza truce proposal: state media-Xinhua

Offers from Hamas to give up the hostages remind me of Zeno's paradox. Right now they're offering ten living hostages, of the twenty suspected alive. Presumably at the end of the 60 day truce they'll offer five of the remaining ten. Then two of the remaining five. If living hostages could be divided up I'm sure they'd try that.

If living hostages could be divided up I'm sure they'd try that.

It's like the biblical test of Solomon (or was it David) to find out who the baby' mother is, except Hamas wouldn't even wait for him to finish speaking before pulling out the saw.

"What do you mean? I'm not wise, I just like dismembering babies!"

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