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Von der Leyen announced a $7 billion "drone alliance" with Ukraine, a "reparations loan" funded by profits from frozen Russian assets, and a summit on returning abducted Ukrainian children. "Europe will defend every inch of its territory," von der Leyen resolutely declared. Earlier this month, Von der Leyen's plane was reportedly targeted with a GPS jammer by Russia and Bulgarian nationalists attacked a vehicle which they thought she was riding in. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague ordered Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, but the Likud regime has been defiant. The death toll in the Gaza Strip is now an incredible 64,656, the majority of whom are children and women; an additional 163,503 have been maimed or wounded by the IDF. One AI calculation estimates the IDF will have killed 81,560 Muslims and Christians in Gaza before the end of the year, which is higher than my rough estimate of 68,500. An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for crimes against humanity and other depravations remains active for Likud PM Benjamin Netanyahu. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Link: ICJ Genocide Ruling .