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Why this matters:

• President Donald Trump said later that the interim agreement with Iran was “over” but he would allow talks to continue. That raised concerns that the wider conflict in the Middle East could resume. Neither country immediately signaled they’d leave the negotiating table.

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WORLD NEWS

Danish PM says her country is ‘ready to defend’ Greenland as Trump demands control

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday her country is “ready to defend every inch of NATO, including our own territory” after President Donald Trump again insisted that the United States should control Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory. Read more.

Why this matters:

• World leaders are at a NATO summit in Turkey meant to be a show of strength and unity. Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland could put at risk the entire future of NATO. The organization is not designed to deal with threats from within. It normally focuses on outside threats such as that posed by Russia.

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US NEWS

New poll reveals sharp divides among US Jews over Israel and Gaza

As Israel’s actions continue to divide America’s Jewish communities nearly three years into the latest war in Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll reveals that some of the biggest gaps are between religious and secular Jews. Read more.

What to know:

• About 7 in 10 Jewish adults overall identify as Jewish when asked about their religious affiliation. The rest, about 3 in 10 Jewish adults, say they are atheists, agnostics, or have no particular religious affiliation, but still identify as Jewish in other ways.
  
  

• Among Jews with a religious affiliation, views on Israel’s recent military actions are far from uniform or uncritical. Only about half say Israel’s ongoing military operations in Gaza are justified. About one-quarter believe Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, an accusation that’s been leveled by some human rights organizations and vehemently denied by Israel and the U.S. government. 
  
  

• But Jews with a religious affiliation are more supportive of Israel's actions than secular American Jews. About 4 in 10 religiously unaffiliated Jews say Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians, and only about 2 in 10 see Israel’s current operations in Gaza as justified. The vast majority, 74%, say they are “not too” or “not at all” emotionally attached to Israel, a sharp contrast from other Jewish adults.