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[איתמר בן גביר @itamarbengvir]

על כל דמעה של אמא ישראלית, אלף אמהות לבנוניות צריכות לבכות. לבנון כולה צריכה לבעור!

עם כל הכבוד לאמריקאים, ישראל חייבת להבהיר לעולם כולו שדם בנינו וביטחון אזרחנו איננו הפקר. לבנון כולה צריכה לבעור. חובתנו העליונה היא להגן על אזרחי ישראל ועל חיילי צה״ל, והמחויבות הזו קודמת לכל שיקול אחר.

אמרתי לראש הממשלה, גם בישיבות בינינו: על כל דמעה של אמא ישראלית, אלף אימהות לבנוניות צריכות לבכות.

מספיק עם הפינג־פונג. במזרח התיכון לא מנצחים בתגובות מדודות ובהכלה - צריך להשתגע. למחוק. להכריע את הטרור.

[Polymarket FC @PolymarketFC]

🇨🇮 Yan Diomandé’s letter to his sister through @PlayersTribune:

“Dear Roxane,

Remember when someone bought me a fake United shirt, and I wrote “Ronaldo 7” on the back with a black Sharpie? We didn’t know what rich or poor was. We only knew happiness.

Remember the 25 people sleeping in just one house back in Abidjan? Mom wanted to watch her soap operas. Everyone wanted to watch movies. Remember how I’d always pretend I was asleep and then sneak to the TV room after midnight? I’d turn the TV way down low. Like, just two volume bars. I’d watch soccer in the dark and dream.

Remember when the grown-ups saw me playing soccer on the dirt and gave me the nickname “Roberto Carlos” because of how hard I kicked? And remember how I secretly got so mad about it, because CR7 was my idol?

Remember when I went to play so far from home? I was 9 years old. Inter Foot Sud Comoé, way out near the border with Ghana. Just a little boy all alone. I don’t know if I ever told you this story, but me and the other kids used to go to the village and steal potatoes because we were so hungry. We called it a “bank heist.” Two kids would distract the shop owner, and the other 18 would run off with two potatoes. They weren’t even good. But they tasted amazing. Hahahah. Even today, it’s my favorite thing to eat. Boiled potatoes with a little oil. It takes me back to those times.

Remember when I got my first real pair of cleats, and I slept with them? Growing up, I always played in those white plastic sandals. Even when I go back home now, I still play in them. It’s our tradition.

Remember when I’d come back home, and you’d tell my neighborhood friends: “Why’d you stop training? Yan’s not gonna buy you cars. You gotta keep working.” You were 10 years old, and you were already my agent.

Remember how we’d sit and dream about moving to France? How we’d go shopping, have our own apartment, and I’d be a rich soccer player, with cars and a big house, and you wouldn’t have to worry about anything. You were the one who always believed I could be the next Cristiano, when everyone else was laughing.

Remember when I moved to the United States for high school, at 15 years old, and I missed home so much? For months, I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying. They sat me next to a French boy, and he’d try to translate everything the teacher said. Remember when I called you and said: “You won’t believe it, the kids here argue with the teachers.” Back home, you know, we wouldn’t even dare blink at our elders.

Remember when I couldn’t believe the boys smoked after school? You used to say it felt like I was in an American TV show.

Remember when they took me for trials at Bournemouth? At Chelsea, Rangers, Olympiacos, Crystal Palace? Eze and Olise came up to me after a training session and said: “Hey, kid, you’re really good.”… but even then, they didn’t sign me.

Even the MLS B teams didn’t want me. I didn’t even know why. They never gave me a reason. The adults handled everything. They just kept taking me all over Europe, and everyone kept saying no.

My visa expired. My dream was over. They sent me back to Africa, and we cried together. You were the only one who never stopped believing. A few weeks later, I signed with Leganés, and we cried different tears.

That was back when I still had emotions. Now, I don’t feel anything. It’s like I’m not even human. Since you died, I’m just empty.”

[BGY @bgyetherr]

Yeşil Burun Adaları’nın kalecisi, Instagram'da milyonlarca yeni takipçi kazandıktan sonra 2 binden fazla kadını takip etmeye başladı.

[رامین رضاییان @Ramin_Rezaian_]

شكراً لكل إنسان شاركنا وشجعنا منذ البداية وطوال الـ 90 دقيقة. النتيجة لم تكن الطموح الكامل اليوم بالتعادل ضد نيوزيلندا، لكن القادم أفضل بإذن الله. بدعمكم ومساندتكم المستمرة، سنعود أقوى ونحقق الانتصارات في المباريات القادمة.❤

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

JUST IN: IRANIAN FOOTBALL COACHES WATCHED IRAN’S FIRST WORLD CUP GAME IN TIJUANA AFTER BEING DENIED VISAS TO ENTER THE US

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Sky News has verified 152 of those killed when a US missile struck a primary school in Minab on the first day of the war.

Using a range of information sources, the faces of all the 120 students - aged 6 to 13 - and 26 teachers have been identified ⬇️

[Iran Embassy SA @IraninSA]

Minab168 at @FIFAWorldCup

[War Monitor @WarMonitors]

⚡Iranian Mehr Agency: Details of the agreement between the US and Iran

1. A permanent and immediate cessation of the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

2. A commitment by the United States not to interfere in Iran's internal affairs and to respect the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

3. A complete lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days.

4. A commitment by the United States to withdraw its forces from the areas adjacent to Iran.

5. Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days, within the framework of Iranian arrangements.

6. Suspension of sanctions on the sale of oil, petrochemical products and their derivatives, and granting Iran full access to its financial resources.

7. The United States and its allies will present plans for the reconstruction of Iran worth at least $300 billion.

8. Sixty days of negotiations to reach a final agreement based on nuclear issues and the complete removal of The main, secondary, and US sanctions, as well as the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

9. Renewal of Iran's commitment under the NPT not to develop nuclear weapons.

10. During the negotiation period, the United States undertakes not to add forces to the region or impose new sanctions.

11. Release of $24 billion of frozen Iranian funds during the final 60-day negotiation period. Half of the amount will be made available to Iran even before the negotiations begin.

12. Establishment of a monitoring mechanism for the implementation of the agreement.

13. The final agreement will be approved by a resolution of the UN Security Council.

14. The final negotiations will not begin until half of Iran's frozen funds are released, oil sanctions on Iran are suspended, and the naval blockade is lifted. The final agreement will deal only with The fate of enriched materials and their enrichment, the lifting of sanctions, and Iran's economic rehabilitation program. Discussions on Iran's missile program and support for resistance groups will be definitively removed from the agenda.

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

Immigrants generate more income and taxes than the average person, per CATO Institute.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This image was posted by an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon. Israeli soldiers have been posting imagines of their war crimes and cultural desecration for two and a half years straight without interruption.

[DEI speedwagon (all eyes on Cuba) 🌹🇵🇸 〽️ @uhshanti]

what did you think jestermaxxing was? vibes? essays?

[brie @hellobye1024500]

This is insane
Hats off to the strokes. That was fucking powerful

[Tuomas Malinen @mtmalinen]

Honestly, everything we have been told about Iran by the legacy media has been a lie.

[Hadi Hoteit | هادي حطيط @HadiHtt]

This was Hezbollah, 33 years ago, humiliating Israel.
Don't miss this classic masterpiece!

[Sophia Benoit @1followernodad]

I can’t stop imagining making the choice to run as far as you can from anyone you love so you can hopefully be killed alone. I just. I’m so fucking angry and sad. This is something beyond evil.

[Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) @magyarpeterMP]

I have arrived at the Sándor Palace to meet the President of Hungary.

@DrTamasSulyok is unworthy of representing the unity of the Hungarian nation. He is unfit to serve as the guardian of legality. He is not fit to serve as a moral authority or a role model.

Following the formation of the new government, Tamás Sulyok must leave office immediately.

[goma @soigomaa]

we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through underground networks. where octopuses dream. where elephants return to the bones of their dead and stand over them in silence. where bees communicate through dance, showing each other where to fly. where flowers bloom...where crows remember human faces -especially those who were cruel to them - and pass that memory on to their young. where ants build entire cities. where cats purr at a frequency that can help heal bones. where forests, after fires, grow flowers first.

[Middle East Observer @ME_Observer_]

⚡️⭕️The body of this boy, who was so enthusiastic in welcoming the Pope in Lebanon in November last year, was retrieved today after 3 days of searches in the rubble after Israel's mass terror attack that claimed the lives of 300 in 10 minutes