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☆ No Strings Attached? Conditions on Israel Aid Split Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Paul Kiernan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Diplomatic efforts continue to extend a temporary cease-fire in Gaza as the truce deal enters its final hours. Israel said Tuesday that the government is not considering any proposals for a permanent cease-fire. Photo: Mohammed Alaswad/Zuma PressWASHINGTON—Senate Democrats are engaged in an intraparty debate on whether to attach strings to military aid for Israel in hopes of limiting further civilian casualties in Gaza, with a vote on a foreign-aid package that also includes assistance for Ukraine and Taiwan coming to the floor as soon as next week. The debate within the party comes as the Biden administration is pressing Israel to modify its plans for the next phase of its campaign in Gaza to better protect civilians. The White House has faced criticism that it has given Israeli forces free rein to wage their war with Hamas.

Persons: Israel, Mohammed Alaswad, Biden Organizations: Zuma Press WASHINGTON, Israel Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel

☆ Car Dealers to Biden: EVs Aren’t Selling
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyYou can subsidize a buyer into the auto showroom, but you can’t make him buy. That’s the word from some 3,900 car dealers across the country who on Tuesday wrote President Biden that electric vehicles are piling up unsold on their lots. They want relief from his onerous and unrealistic EV sales mandate. “There are many excellent battery electric vehicles available for consumers to purchase,” the dealers write in their letter to the President.

Persons: Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley, Dan Henninger, Mark Kelly, Biden Organizations: Zuma

☆ Bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond Seeks $300 Million From MSC Line for Pandemic Shipping Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Costas Paris | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy protection in April. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Zuma PressThe bankruptcy estate of Bed Bath & Beyond has filed the largest ever lawsuit with the Federal Maritime Commission, seeking around $300 million from Mediterranean Shipping Co. for allegedly overcharging to move its cargo during the pandemic. The bankrupt retailer wants Geneva-based MSC, the world’s largest boxship operator in terms of capacity, to pay around $150 million for damages and an equal sum for what it described as exploitative and coercive behavior. Complaints by American companies are handled by the FMC , the U.S. maritime regulator.

Persons: Richard B, Levine Organizations: Zuma, Bed, Federal Maritime Commission, Mediterranean Shipping Co, FMC Locations: Geneva, U.S

☆ Senate Democrats Debate Possible U.S. Conditions for Israel Aid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Paul Kiernan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Israel, Mohammed Alaswad, Biden Organizations: Zuma Press WASHINGTON, Israel Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel

☆ U.S. Military Aircraft Crashes in Japanese Waters With Six Aboard
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Alastair Gale | Chieko Tsuneoka | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Japanese coast guard ship searches around waters off the island of Yakushima, near where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed. Photo: Kyodonews/Zuma PressTOKYO—A U.S. military Osprey aircraft with six people on board crashed into the sea off southern Japan on Wednesday, the Japanese coast guard said. It said one of the six was confirmed dead, and ships and aircraft were searching for the others. Initially, the coast guard said eight people were aboard the Osprey.

Organizations: Zuma Press Locations: Yakushima, U.S, Japan

☆ Chinese E-Commerce Giant Temu Will Return to the Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Patrick Coffee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Temu has increased its ad spending in recent months to grow more popular in the U.S. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/Zuma PressFor the second year in a row, Super Bowl viewers will hear from one of the fastest-growing Chinese-backed retail businesses. E-commerce platform Temu has committed to buying multiple ad units during the Super Bowl to be played Feb. 11, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Persons: Temu, Jakub Porzycki Organizations: Zuma, Super Bowl Locations: U.S

☆ Pope Francis Cancels Plans to Attend COP28 Due to Flu
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Francis X. Rocca | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Pope Francis has made protection of the environment a signature issue of his reign. Photo: Evandro Inetti/Zuma PressROME— Pope Francis has canceled plans to attend the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai this weekend on account of persistent “influenza and inflammation of the respiratory tract,” the Vatican said. The announcement adds to concerns about the health of the pope, who will be 87 next month, and who has had a number of ailments in recent years.

Persons: Pope Francis, Evandro Inetti, Zuma Press ROME — Pope Francis Organizations: Zuma Press, United Locations: Dubai

☆ Small Bookstores Shun Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Upcoming Book
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg | Eliza Collins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Some booksellers have decided not to stock Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest book, ‘The Wuhan Cover-Up,’ citing concerns about the presidential candidate’s past positions. Photo: Ronen Tivony/Zuma PressIndependent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a member of the most famous political family in the U.S. and a bestselling author. But it may be hard to find his newest book at the local bookstore when it comes out next week. Some booksellers have decided not to stock Kennedy’s latest, “The Wuhan Cover-Up and the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race,” citing concerns about the author’s past positions.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ’, Ronen Tivony Organizations: Zuma Press Locations: Wuhan, U.S

☆ Koch Network Backs Haley in Bid to Block Trump From 2024 GOP Nomination
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( John Mccormick | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The conservative network’s support is a boost to Nikki Haley as the campaign enters the final seven weeks before the first nominating contest in Iowa. Photo: Drew Martin/Zuma PressThe political and policy network led by billionaire Charles Koch is backing the Republican presidential bid of Nikki Haley , the latest sign some big donors are moving her way in a long-shot bid to block former President Donald Trump from winning the GOP nomination. Americans for Prosperity Action said Tuesday that it would support the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador. The conservative powerhouse’s support is a boost to Haley as the campaign enters the final seven weeks before the first nominating contest in Iowa.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Drew Martin, Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Haley Organizations: Zuma, GOP, Prosperity, South, United Nations Locations: Iowa, South Carolina

☆ The Clearest Sign of India’s Very Good Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Matthew Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Unlike a number of other foreign currencies, the Indian rupee has remained strong this year. Photo: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Zuma PressIndia has had a very good year. The country’s economy is booming, its stock market is near an all-time high and its population is on track to overtake China’s to become the largest in the world. India and the U.S. have signed deals this year on jet-fighter engines and semiconductor chips. In September, New Delhi hosted a summit of the Group of 20 nations.

Persons: Soumyabrata Roy, NurPhoto, China’s Organizations: Zuma Press India, U.S Locations: India, New Delhi

☆ Democrats Want ‘Conditions’ on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: Hamas knew that after Oct. 7 the narrative would shift to the isolation of Israel. Images: Zuma Press/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyIsrael agreed on Monday to a two-day extension of its truce with Hamas to gain the release of more hostages, a priority of President Biden. But another idea is gaining ground among Democrats that is more dangerous: condition U.S. aid on how Israel conducts its war of self-preservation. The stipulation is said to be merely that Israel follow international law. But since Israel does follow international law, and the U.S. already can withhold foreign assistance on human-rights grounds, the condition is unnecessary—but not harmless.

Persons: Mark Kelly Israel, Biden Organizations: Zuma Press, Getty, Israel Locations: Israel, U.S

☆ China Scrambles to Contain a Looming Shadow-Bank Meltdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Rebecca Feng | Weilun Soon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Zhongzhi last week said it was insolvent. Photo: Cfoto/Zuma PressChinese authorities are taking more forceful action to contain the growing financial troubles of one of the country’s biggest shadow lenders. Police in Beijing said over the weekend that they had taken “criminal coercive measures”—a euphemism for arrests—against multiple employees of Zhongzhi Enterprise. The privately held conglomerate operates several businesses that sold investment products to many wealthy individuals and companies in China, and has struggled for months to make promised payments to investors.

Persons: Zhongzhi Organizations: Zuma Press, Police, Zhongzhi Enterprise Locations: Beijing, China

☆ What Your Airport Does Better Than Any Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Jacob Passy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has a strong record for getting flights in and out on time, despite the region’s often-snowy weather. Photo: Shari L. Gross/Minneapolis Star Tribune/ZUMA PRESSFinding an airport that gets everything right is a fool’s errand. Orlando might have great food and shopping, but it is located in an area with lousy weather. Los Angeles International outperforms other airports on fast times through security, according to federal data, but the traffic on the way to the airport can be ghastly.

Persons: Shari L, Orlando Organizations: Paul International, Gross, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Los Angeles International Locations: Minneapolis, St

☆ The Airports Where Planes Run on Time and Fares Are Low
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Jacob Passy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Shari L, Orlando Organizations: Paul International, Gross, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Los Angeles International Locations: Minneapolis, St

☆ Hamas Releases More Hostages As Negotiators Discuss Truce Extension
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hamas Releases More Hostages As Negotiators Discuss Truce ExtensionHamas handed over more hostages on Sunday as part of the temporary cease-fire deal. In return, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Zuma Press

Persons: Abed Rahim Khatib Organizations: Zuma Locations: Israel

☆ Hamas Releases 17 More Hostages on Day Three of Temporary Cease-Fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hamas Releases 17 More Hostages on Day Three of Temporary Cease-FireHamas handed over more hostages on Sunday as part of the temporary cease-fire deal. In return, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Zuma Press

Persons: Abed Rahim Khatib Organizations: Fire Hamas, Zuma Locations: Israel

☆ A Looming Judicial Coup in Wisconsin
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: Speaker Mike Johnson faces familiar antagonists. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyDemocrats fought to elect Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz this spring so she could help them retake control of the state Legislature through a rewrite of the state’s political maps. Now the court’s liberal majority is going through contortions to deliver on that anti-democratic judicial promissory note. On Tuesday the Justices heard oral arguments in a case that challenges the state’s legislative district maps and would give the Justices broad authority to draw new ones. Wink, wink.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Mark Kelly Democrats, Janet Protasiewicz, Wink Organizations: Zuma, Wisconsin

☆ Elizabeth Warren Has an ObamaCare Epiphany
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyIt took 13 years, but Elizabeth Warren is at long last acknowledging that ObamaCare has increased healthcare prices and industry consolidation. Government price controls and profit caps have resulted in unintended consequences. The Massachusetts Senator and Republican Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana this week wrote a letter to the Health and Human Services Department inspector general complaining that the nation’s largest health insurers are dodging Obama Care’s medical loss ratio (MLR). The result, they say, is higher costs for patients.

Persons: Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger, Mark Kelly, Elizabeth Warren, ObamaCare, Republican Sen, Mike Braun, Obama Organizations: Getty, Zuma, Republican, Health, Human Services Department Locations: Massachusetts, Indiana

☆ Israeli Hostages, Palestinian Prisoners Released in Cease-Fire Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israeli Hostages, Palestinian Prisoners Released in Cease-Fire DealIsraeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners were freed during the first round of exchanges of the four-day cease-fire that paused fighting between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Rizek Abdeljawad/Zuma Press

Persons: Rizek Abdeljawad Organizations: Fire Deal, Zuma Locations: Israel

☆ China Isn’t Backing Off Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report:What was accomplished by applauding China's leader? Images: Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyPresident Biden’s recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco has been portrayed by both sides as a step forward in relations. But for all the good vibrations, Mr. Xi isn’t giving up his ambition to retake Taiwan, not least by meddling in the island’s January presidential election. Mr. Xi warned Mr. Biden in California to stop arming Taiwan and not to interfere in the election in favor of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that China dislikes. Mr. Biden said he told Mr. Xi that he “didn’t expect any interference, any at all,” in Taiwan’s campaign.

Persons: China's, Mark Kelly, Biden’s, Xi Jinping, Xi isn’t, Xi, Mr, Biden Organizations: Democratic Progressive Party, DPP Locations: San Francisco, Taiwan, California, China

☆ Germany Faces the Green Fiscal Truth
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyThings have gone from bad to worse in Germany this week after a court ruling that’s forcing the government to do something truly shocking: level with voters about how much the net-zero energy transition will cost. Please pass the smelling salts. The country’s highest constitutional court ruled this month that one of the coalition government’s main gimmicks for funding green projects violates Germany’s version of a balanced-budged amendment. That amendment, known as the debt brake, caps the government’s fiscal deficit at 0.35% of gross domestic product per year except in emergencies (as defined by special legislation passed with a majority in the Bundestag).

Persons: Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger, Kelly Organizations: Getty, Zuma, Bundestag Locations: Germany

☆ The Wilders Message From the Netherlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images/Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyDutch elections rarely stir much excitement abroad, but the voting in the Netherlands Wednesday marks an exception. The big winner was Geert Wilders , a veteran right-wing campaigner, and the freakout his victory has triggered across Europe is something to behold. His next nearest competitor, a Labor-Green coalition led by Frans Timmermans , won 25 seats. Politicians will now negotiate to form a governing coalition, a process that often takes months in the Netherlands’ highly fragmented electoral system, and Mr. Wilders may not emerge as prime minister.

Persons: Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger, Mark Kelly Dutch, Geert Wilders, Frans Timmermans, Wilders Organizations: Getty, Zuma, Freedom Party, Labor, Green Locations: Netherlands, Europe

☆ Dublin Sees Worst Rioting in Decades After Children Stabbed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Max Colchester | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A bus and car were set on fire in Dublin during the violence. Photo: Brian Lawless/Zuma PressIreland witnessed its worst civil disorder in decades after rioters marauded through Dublin city center looting shops and setting buses and police cars on fire in a spate of violence that appeared to be triggered by a stabbing attack that injured three children. Irish police said Friday that 13 shops were damaged and 34 people arrested following the riots, which followed the attack by an unidentified man outside a school on Thursday afternoon. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said on Friday that he had not seen such levels of violence “for decades.” He added that it had been caused by a “lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology.”

Persons: Brian Lawless, Drew Harris, ” Organizations: Zuma Press, Garda Locations: Dublin

☆ The Hostage Deal Means Israel Is Fighting the Clock
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Dominic Green | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Wonder Land: Hamas knew that after Oct. 7 the narrative would shift to the isolation of Israel. Images: Zuma Press/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyWith a four-day cease-fire reportedly going into effect Friday, time isn’t on Israel’s side in its war with Hamas in Gaza. Israeli society, already riven by political infighting, is traumatized by Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault and divided over how to handle the hostage crisis. Further cease-fires mean the recovery of more hostages, but this will slow and eventually halt Israel’s effort to break Hamas’s control over Gaza. That would be a strategic defeat for both Israel and the U.S.Israel needs time to root out Hamas.

Persons: Mark Kelly, Hamas’s, Biden Organizations: Zuma Press, Getty Locations: Israel, Gaza, U.S, Iraq, Syria, Iran, China

☆ Along the Koreas’ Dangerous Border, the Guardrails Are Now Down
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Dasl Yoon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

South Korean forces conducted drills this week on an island near the demilitarized zone. Photo: Defense Ministry/Zuma PressSEOUL—A key symbol of a brief period of detente on the Korean Peninsula half a decade ago is now gone. This week, North and South Korea suspended an inter-Korean military agreement struck in 2018 to reduce the risk of conflict along the shared border. A liaison office, also dating to that period, was blown up by North Korea in 2020, and any hopes of resurrecting that era’s denuclearization talks have disappeared in a hail of missile launches by Pyongyang.

Persons: era’s denuclearization Organizations: Defense Ministry, Zuma Press Locations: South Korea, North Korea, Pyongyang

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