US envoys to meet Putin in Moscow for security talks
Kushner and Witkoff will discuss a new security agreement with Europe and steps to end the Russia-Ukraine war, as European governments distrust the Trump…
US envoys to meet Putin in Moscow for security talks — US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, according to an Axios report, to discuss a new security agreement with Europe and steps to end the Russia-Ukraine war.[^1] The meeting comes as the US has previously rejected Russian demands to scale back NATO military presence in Eastern Europe, but appears more open now as Trump pushes for a resolution.[^1] The report notes that many European governments distrust the Trump administration's approach.[^1] Separately, European countries led by Denmark are pushing for an emergency UN Security Council meeting next week over Israeli plans to build 1,234 housing units in the E1 area of the West Bank.[^2] Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon called the European effort a moral disgrace and proof of being out of touch with reality.[^2] The E1 project would see thousands of housing units built as an extension of the Ma'ale Adumim city-settlement, cutting off territorial contiguity between key Palestinian population centers.[^2] G7 foreign ministers issued a joint declaration late Wednesday expressing concern that China's increasingly assertive actions in the waters east of Taiwan threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation.[^3] The statement reflects growing international unease over Beijing's military posture near the island, though it stopped short of announcing new measures. Otzma Yehudit submits bill to cancel Oslo Accords at Knesset opening — MK Limor Son Har-Melech of Otzma Yehudit submitted a bill at the opening of the 26th Knesset to cancel the Oslo Accords, the Hebron Agreement, and the Wye River Memorandum.[^1] The move comes as coalition talks drag on and the Knesset plenum approved the composition of the Arrangements Committee by a vote of 63 to 50.[^2] On Wednesday, Democrats MK Gilad Kariv said his party and the Gadi Eisenkot-led bloc will move rapidly to repeal key judicial overhaul laws.[^3] Former Supreme Court President Esther Hayut delivered a sharp critique of the change in the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee at a book launch.[^4] The left won only 48