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The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon seems to be holding so far, the Iran-backed
“militant group has belasses at welcomes the pause and fighting, but says it will be prepared”
to quickly resume attacks if needed. And Perseller Beardsley reports meanwhile that most Israelis say they believe their army must continue fighting in Lebanon. Some 69% of Israelis want to keep fighting Hezbollah and finish with it for good. That is true, even among Israelis who do not support right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu says, "Amos, Arel," the defense and security analyst for Israeli newspaper Hezbollah. Arel says two things can be true at once. Israelis can think Netanyahu should leave office. And still feel that the war itself is justified and that Israel should react.
Most strongly, it can never repeat the mistakes that led to October 7, you shouldn't
be more proactive, take the initiative and be tougher against your enemies. Otherwise, you won't survive in this region. He says Israelis consider Hezbollah an existential threat.
“Eleanor Beardsley and Perneus, Tel Aviv.”
Even as crude oil prices dropped this week as the Strait of Hormuz reopened, the crisis over the worldwide shortage of jet-fuel continues and has now hit Canada's largest air carrier, Air Canada. His Dan Carcon check reports, the airline says it will suspend flights to JFK airport because of the shortage.
The decision over rising jet-fuel prices will affect flights from Toronto and Montreal to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport from June 1 to the end of October. Air Canada says jet-fuel prices have doubled since the beginning of the Iran conflict and it no longer makes sense economically to continue some routes. Effective customers will be contacted with alternate travel options such as flying to
La Guardia and Newark Liberty, daily from six Canadian cities. Aviation experts say that jet-fuel prices is getting serious and airlines will have to consolidate the routes. Some are already passing on fuel price increases to their customers. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenshack, in Toronto.
We're 200 days away from the midterm elections in November, and NPR Steven Fowler says when it comes to raising money, Democrats are doing great. Let me tell you where the money is going. Two Democrats in high profile Senate races.
Income at Senator John Osop and Georgia reported $14 million from the last quarter, Roy Cooper,
the former Governor of North Carolina, $13 million. And Democratic nominee in Texas, James Tolerico, $27 million. In many of these races that Democrats are out raising the entire Republican field by multiple times over, there's clearly a lot of enthusiasm there. And Fowler says that money could lead to a big swing toward Democrats in the fall.
Congress Friday approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program. The program is used by spy agencies to collect and analyze large amounts of overseas communications without warrants. The bill sent President Trump extends the program until April 30th of five year renewal had failed in a late-night houseboat.
You're listening to NPR News. It was another strong day on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones industrial average jumped
by as much as 1100 points before closing out the day up 868 points.
The NASDAQ finished up 365 points while the S&P 500 closed up 84 points. The market's rallied in part because of the partial reopening of the straight-of-war mous oil prices also dropped on that news. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of oil and gas companies and the lawsuit over whether complaints about coastal pollution in Louisiana should be heard in federal, rather than
state courts. Mel Bridges with Member Station, W.W.N.O. has more on our story. Earlier this year, a state jury found a Chevron-owned company had violated Louisiana's coastal regulations for decades. Chevron appealed and argued the case should be heard in federal court because the supertains
to a time when the company was under a federal contract. An unanimous decision that justice's granted Chevron's request, the Supreme Court did not decide if Chevron was liable for damages. In a statement, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry accused the state and local governments of "foreign shopping" by trying to have the case heard in Louisiana.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrell said she is "confident" that the outcome of the case will be the same no matter what court it's heard in. For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans. "Country music songwriter Dan Shodon Shlitz has died, known for songs including the Kenny Rogers Song of the Gambler.
Shlitz was a two-time Grammy Award winner. He was also inducted into the songwriter's Hall of Fame, Shlitz was 73 years old. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. What happens when our political party becomes the prism through which we see every other aspect of our identities?
“What we're living through, I think, is really the two parties taking opposite sides on whether”
we want to keep making this type of social progress or whether we want to go back in time. This is NPR's Coach Pockets and the NPR app or wherever you get your Pockets.
