WORLD_ Netanyahu Draws a Hard Line on Gaza: No Israeli Withdrawal Until Hamas Is 'Genuinely' Disarmed ( Joe Cunningham - REDSTATE )

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Netanyahu Draws a Hard Line on Gaza: No Israeli Withdrawal Until Hamas Is 'Genuinely' Disarmed

By Joe Cunningham | 10:55 AM on August 09, 2026

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Benjamin Netanyahu just told the body created to implement President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that Israel isn’t signing off on it, at least not as written.

Netanyahu rejected the Board of Peace’s 15-point Gaza roadmap during Sunday’s Cabinet meeting, drawing a line that puts him at odds with the very framework Washington has spent months building. His message was blunt: the Israel Defense Forces are not leaving Gaza until Hamas hands over every weapon in its arsenal, no exceptions and no partial credit.

“Israel rejects the 15-point Gaza document proposed by the Board of Peace,” Netanyahu said. “The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed.”

What the Board of Peace Proposed

The Board of Peace, the international body Trump stood up to oversee implementation of his Gaza peace framework, published its 15-point roadmap in late July. The plan is built in phases. Israel would complete its remaining obligations under the Sharm el-Sheikh Protocol and halt military operations, while Hamas would hand civilian governance and security functions over to a transitional body called the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.

A separate International Verification Committee would certify compliance at each stage before the next phase begins, including full Hamas disarmament and an eventual Israeli withdrawal. But it’s the sequence of events that remains a sticking point for Israel. Netanyahu doesn’t trust the verification process to actually deliver disarmament before Israeli troops are asked to leave.

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WORLD_ Israel’s New $634M Dolphin Sub Expands Iran Deterrence Reach ( Ward Clark - REDSTATE )

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Israel’s New $634M Dolphin Sub Expands Iran Deterrence Reach

By Ward Clark | 5:45 PM on August 09, 2026

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Israel has just taken delivery of a Dolphin-class diesel-electric submarine from Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), and it has been described as the most advanced and capable of the Dolphin-class subs to date. This brings Israel's submarine fleet up to six, all German-made Dolphin class boats. And, yes, the irony in that should not be lost on us.

The new boat set the Israelis back $634 million.

The handover of the INS Drakon is expected to significantly bolster Israel's underwater strike and reconnaissance capabilities, The Algemeiner reported. The warship had been scheduled to be delivered in 2025.

A statement following the submarine's naming ceremony in Kiel in 2024 said the INS Drakon is of the Dolphin AIP class and "equipped with unique systems, including groundbreaking technologies that expand the range of the IDF's capabilities across various arenas."

Built specifically for the Israeli Navy by Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), the submarine is said to provide a vital sea-based layer of "deterrence and retribution," amid the war with Iran, defense analysts say. 

Dr. Ehud Eilam, an Israeli national security expert and former researcher for Israel’s Ministry of Defense, told Fox News Digital that maintaining a continuous undersea presence is paramount for the nation's national survival.

There's some debate as to which, if any, of the boats have the capability of delivering nuclear warheads. The boats' German manufacturers aren't saying anything on the subject, but there is evidence that the boats are equipped to launch cruise missiles, some of which can be fired through torpedo tubes and/or vertical missile tubes.

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POLITICS_ Graham Seeks to Avoid Runoff in S.C. Senate Primary ( Michael Katz - NEWSMAX )

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Graham Seeks to Avoid Runoff in S.C. Senate Primary

By Michael Katz | Sunday, 09 August 2026 04:02 PM EDT


Even with President Donald Trump's support, Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., might not find smooth sailing in Tuesday's special Republican primary to succeed her late brother as the party's nominee for November's general election.

Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Graham to complete the term of her brother, Lindsey Graham, who easily won the South Carolina Republican primary in June but died July 11 of an aortic dissection.

The special primary has some echoes of the GOP gubernatorial contest to replace McMaster, who is term-limited. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, initially backed by Trump, failed to secure 50% of the vote and was forced into a runoff with Attorney General Alan Wilson. Evette lost the runoff after Trump took the unusual step of also endorsing Wilson, giving both candidates his backing.

A Quantus Insights poll released Friday showed Graham comfortably ahead with 30.4% support, or 33.1% when voters leaning toward a candidate were included. With a crowded field of nine other candidates, including Reps. Ralph Norman and Russell Fry and former Gov. Mark Sanford, Graham could have difficulty reaching 50% and avoiding an Aug. 25 runoff.

Tuesday's primary will mark Graham's first campaign as a candidate. Several local Republican officials and strategists believe Graham is in a strong position to win the first round of voting, Politico reported. But whoever finishes second could shape the dynamics of a runoff and test the strength of Trump's endorsement.

Even though Evette won the first round of voting in the gubernatorial primary, critics said she leaned too heavily on her ties to the president instead of emphasizing an issues-first message in the runoff. 

"I think most of the criticism came because I got his endorsement, and everybody was fighting for his endorsement. That's how I looked at it," Evette told Politico, deflecting the criticism. "In states like this that have these runoffs, where very few people come out, I think if you're not tied into the establishment, I think it hurts you in some form of fashion."

Graham is making a clear effort to differentiate herself not only from her rivals but also from her brother.

"Of course, the campaign's advertising highlights the Trump endorsement. We're proud of it, and there's no question it's still the gold standard in Republican politics," a person familiar with Graham's approach told Politico. The person was granted anonymity to discuss internal campaign strategy.

"But Darline knows an endorsement opens a door, it doesn't walk through it for you," the person said. "She's out there every day earning this on her own because that's what voters deserve — a candidate who shows up and makes her own case, not one who assumes the race is already won."

One of Graham's key advantages is the seasoned team and statewide campaign infrastructure she inherited from her brother, whose political organization helped fuel decades of electoral success in South Carolina.

"Lindsey's team has been the best team in South Carolina,"

Tyson Grinstead, an RNC committee member and chair of the Richland County GOP, told Politico. Grinstead, who is staying neutral in the Senate race, worked for Lindsey Graham's campaigns in previous election cycles.

"They're organized, they have a grassroots presence, they have field staff," he said.

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WORLD_ Spain Imposes Border Controls on Italian Travelers Amid Immigration Dispute ( Tom Gantert - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Spain Imposes Border Controls on Italian Travelers Amid Immigration Dispute

A spat over immigration escalated as the government in Madrid responded to Rome’s restrictions.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (C L) and Minister of the Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska (C R) walk by the Tarajal border fence between Spain's Ceuta enclave and Morocco during a visit to manage one of the largest migrant crisis on the country's border as thousands of migrants crossed overnight from Morocco on July 31, 2026. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images

Tom Gantert 
8/9/2026|Updated: 8/9/2026

A dispute over immigration escalated on Aug. 8 after the government in Madrid announced border controls on Italian travelers in retaliation for Rome’s restrictions on visitors from Spain.

Spain has reinstated temporary border controls on travelers arriving from Italy amid a disagreement over migration and movement within Europe’s Schengen Area, which contains more than 450 million people.

The Spanish Interior Ministry order, published on Aug. 9 in the Official State Gazette, imposes controls for 30 days on passenger flights and ships arriving from Italy. The checks began on Aug. 8 and are scheduled to remain in place through Sept. 7, although officials said they could be lifted earlier.

The Schengen Agreement covers 29 European countries and generally allows travel between them without routine border checks. ... 

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OPINION_ Japan Is Breaking Up With China–And Becoming a Rising Military Power ( James Gorrie - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Japan Is Breaking Up With China–And Becoming a Rising Military Power

The post-World War II era of a demilitarized and accommodating Japan facilitating China’s rise is over.

Surface-to-ship missiles are carried in front of Mount Fuji during a live-fire exercise by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) at the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on June 8, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

James Gorrie
8/8/2026|Updated: 8/8/2026

Commentary


For more than seven decades, the stain of Japan’s wartime atrocities in China colored Sino-Japanese relations. 

During that period of time, Japan pursued a careful balancing act with China. Tokyo sought to expand trade with Beijing while managing political disagreements, in the hope that economic integration would stabilize its most important regional relationship.

That era appears to be ending.

To be clear, Japan is not “decoupling” from China in the absolute sense. In fact, China remains Japan’s largest trading partner.

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US_ Senate Passes Bill to Impose New Sanctions on Russia and Iran ( Ryan Morgan - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Senate Passes Bill to Impose New Sanctions on Russia and Iran

The bill must next go to a vote in the House of Representatives before the president can sign it into action.

The US Capitol building on July 26, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Ryan Morgan
8/7/2026|Updated: 8/7/2026

The Senate on Aug. 7 overwhelmingly passed a bill to impose new sanctions against Russia and Iran.

In an 86–11 vote, the Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026. The bill still needs to pass a vote in the House of Representatives before it can go to President Donald Trump for his signature.

The late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died on July 11, had sponsored legislation to raise economic sanctions on Russia, as punishment for the ongoing war in Ukraine. The bill was revised and renamed in Graham’s honor following his death.

“This bill, named in [Graham’s] honor, carries on the work that he believed was so important,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a sponsor of the bill, said in a Senate floor speech ahead of the vote on Friday.

“It will impose scorching sanctions on the Russian war machine and the shadow ...

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TAIWAN_ Former Pentagon Official Says US, Allied Modeling Supports Taiwan’s Defense Strategy ( Arthur Zhang - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Former Pentagon Official Says US, Allied Modeling Supports Taiwan’s Defense Strategy

Jed Royal said Taiwan’s ’strategy of erosion' can work but requires stronger defenses, dispersed stockpiles, and repeated civilian-military exercises.

Former senior Pentagon official Jed Royal speaks at the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei on Aug. 4, 2026. Courtesy of the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Arthur Zhang
8/8/2026|Updated: 8/9/2026


Former senior Pentagon official Jed Royal said modeling conducted in the United States with allies and partners indicates that Taiwan’s defense strategy can work—but only if the island funds the necessary capabilities and repeatedly exercises the plans needed to carry it out.

“Now, that strategy of erosion can work. I want to be very clear,” Royal said during an Aug. 4 address at the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei.

“All of the modeling that we have done in the United States with allies and partners—that’s a strategy that can work,” he said.

Royal did not identify the models, participating countries, scenarios, or assumptions behind the assessment. He spoke as a former official, not on behalf of the Trump administration.

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US_ A Massive Red Flag Was Just Found on Fauci's COVID-Era iPhone ( Teri Christoph - REDSTATE )

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A Massive Red Flag Was Just Found on Fauci's COVID-Era iPhone

By Teri Christoph | 10:05 AM on August 08, 2026

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The legal noose seems to be tightening around Anthony Fauci's neck as Republicans push for answers about the disgraced doctor's actions during COVID.

First, there was the July congressional hearing where Fauci refused – possibly illegally – to answer any questions, which led the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday to hold him in contempt of Congress. It's now up to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to determine if he'll face criminal charges.

And, now, there's his COVID-era iPhone, a copy of which landed in the hands of the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which is chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), a few days ago. The data from that phone has now been downloaded, and GOP investigators are combing through it to see what Fauci was up to and to whom he was talking.

Johnson appeared on the Friday night edition of NewsNation's Katie Pavlich Tonight to reveal that there are some incredibly odd things on the doctor's phone. Independent journalist Catherine Herridge, who attended the Fauci hearing, was sitting in for Katie; she had teased earlier in the night that Johnson had some important news to share. 

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COMMENTARY_ For Iran, negotiating in good faith ‘worse than drinking poison’ ( Daniel N. Hoffman - THE WASHINGTON TIMES )

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For Iran, negotiating in good faith ‘worse than drinking poison’

CIA should warn Trump that Tehran has no intention of abandoning its nuclear ambitions

Iran and Iraq war illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times more >

COMMENTARY

By Daniel N. Hoffman - Thursday, August 6, 2026

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday.

OPINION: 

One of the most sacred duties of the director of the CIA is to tell the president and Cabinet officials what they need to know, even when it’s not what they want to hear.

That means Director John Ratcliffe must be prepared to report to President Trump that there is no evidence Iran has any intention ever of entering into good faith negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program. War against the U.S., whether direct or through its proxy terrorists, has been the oxygen for Iran’s hardline terrorist regime since the 1979 revolution.

Iran’s resilience derives from the regime’s practically infinite tolerance for inflicting pain on its own population.

Consider the first Gulf War, which began in September 1980 when Iraq invaded Iran, and ended eight years later after the United Nations brokered a ceasefire. The war resulted in over a million casualties, with deliberate kinetic strikes on civilians and Iraq’s use of chemical weapons.

Even after having spilled so much of his country’s blood and treasure, Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini declared that ending the war was “worse than drinking poison.”

The Iran-Iraq war transformed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime’s most reliable and effective fighting force, into the key powerbroker inside Iran.

Iran also realized the benefits of deploying proxy militias like the Badr brigade, which the Iranian Intelligence created in 1982 to fight inside Iraq against Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Now the most powerful extrajudicial paramilitary force in Iraq, Badr controls Iraq’s Interior Ministry.

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WORLD_ UN Sounds Alarm as Iran Steps up Executions to Silence Dissent ( Tom Ozimek - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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UN Sounds Alarm as Iran Steps up Executions to Silence Dissent

The increase in executions has unfolded since the United States and Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran in late February.

Iranians attend an anti-regime protest in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. UGC via AP

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8/8/2026|Updated: 8/8/2026


The United Nations human rights chief has expressed alarm over a sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran, warning that authorities are using capital punishment to intimidate the population and suppress dissent.

“I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March, and that capital punishment continues to be used to instill fear among the population and suppress dissent,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in an Aug. 5 statement. source

Türk said that since March 19, at least 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges, including 27 in cases connected to protests earlier this year.

More than 100 others face possible execution on similar charges, while executions for drug-related offenses are also continuing at what he described as an “alarming rate.”

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