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1. China’s defense ministry announced on Saturday that two high-ranking generals had been placed under investigation for “suspected serious discipline and law violations.”
One of the generals, Zhang Youxia, is—like President Xi Jinping—the son of an early Communist leader. These political scions are commonly referred to as what?
Red children
Princelings
Little tyrants
Panda cubs
Xi’s anti-corruption campaign has frozen Beijing’s political system in place, with fear now dictating the decisions of party officials, Deng Yuwen argues.
2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted on social media on Sunday that Israel had agreed to a limited reopening of which of Gaza’s border crossings, contingent on certain requirements?
Rafah
Kerem Shalom
Erez
Al Shujaiah
The announcement follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to around 60 countries to join his so-called Board of Peace. The body is neither an alternative to the United Nations nor a harmless vanity project; rather, it represents an international threat, Richard Gowan and Daniel Forti argue.
3. Trump said on Monday that he was planning to send his border czar to Minneapolis to oversee........