* Chinese State Media Urges Preparing for Nuclear War With US Chinese state media is calling on a nuclear buildup as a "strategic deterrence" against the United States, Newsweek reported Tuesday.
* WAR OF WORDS China threatens US with ‘intense nuclear showdown’ as it ramps up atomic program as a ‘vital deterrent against America’ The Chinese Communist Party's mouthpiece newspaper launched a blistering attack on the West, saying China’s nuclear plan was now vital to the country’s "strategic deterrence" against the US.
* Netanyahu opponents reach coalition deal to oust Israeli PM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents announced Wednesday that they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, paving the way for the ouster of the longtime Israeli leader.
* Meet the unlikely alliance that’s set to oust Netanyahu and lead Israel The newly formed alliance, which includes an Israeli right-wing and Arab parties, only came together after four inconclusive elections in less than two years.
* ISLAM EXPERT: Jihad Has Just Been Waged In The US and Americans Don't Even Realize it The recent conflict between Israel and Gaza jumped to the streets of the US where pro-Palestinian mobs attacked random Jews.
* Cultural Judaism without Torah isn’t working The latest Pew study is an urgent wake-up call to return to our texts and discover a Judaism that transcends mere cultural identity.
* The Middle East: An Alarm Bell to the Biden Administration If you want to look at the positive aspect of this whole thing...many [Palestinian lists] had very young people... reformists -- people who want democracy, who want regime change, who are saying, "We are fed up with corruption.
* Welcome to Israel, the work in progress - opinion New York’s bagels are better. Paris’s cheese is tastier. Washington’s monuments are grander. But Jerusalem is home.
* Coalition of firsts: A national religious PM, most Arabs, most female ministers Many records will be broken if the Lapid-Bennett government is sworn in, from the most factions to the most journalists to the most ex-Netanyahu aides.
* EU plans digital ID wallet for bloc's post-pandemic life The European Union unveiled plans Thursday for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc, part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that involves accelerating the shift to an online world.