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Why 70 Percent of Israelis Want Netanyahu to Resign  (Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic)
The Israeli prime minister ignores the views of the majority of his people.

Don’t Trust Russia to Mediate the Iran Nuclear Deal  (Jonathan Lord, Foreign Policy)
Moscow’s interests go directly against Washington’s in the Middle East.

Greenland Election Results Set to Disappoint Trump  (Joshua Thurston, The Times)
The most votes went to the center-right Demokraatit party, which favors a slow and steady path to independence over an immediate break from Denmark.

Kurdish Forces to Merge with Syrian Army in Landmark Deal  (Samer Al-Atrush, The Times)
The deal follows international pressure and comes amid attacks on members of the Alawite sect of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad.

A Tariff Pile-On Threatens to Escalate a Global Trade War  (Andrew Ross Sorkin et al., New York Times)
American trading partners responded swiftly to President Trump’s latest round of levies with countermeasures, creating more uncertainty for C.E.O.s.

Stop the Next Ethiopia-Eritrea War Before It Begins  (Payton Knopf and Alexander Rondos, Foreign Policy)
As armies deploy, Gulf states and their Western allies must halt an impending conflict that could inflame the entire Red Sea region.

In a Europe Adrift, Macron Seizes the Moment  (Catherine Porter, New York Times)
The French president’s prescriptions for “strategic autonomy” and a European force for Ukraine are suddenly timely in a world with a less dependable America.

Trump Expands Trade Threats in Global Game of Chicken  (Ana Swanson, New York Times)
Trade wars with allies could spiral as the president tries to get trading partners to back down from retaliation with new threats of his own.

Time Is Running Out for Syria’s President  (Economist)
He must share power if he is to hold his country together.