Comment on Morning Must Reads: July 25

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the 7-month-long war. Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions there “with or without a deal.” Israel and Hamas are negotiating a cease-fire agreement meant to free hostages and bring some relief to the Palestinians in the besieged enclave. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “The idea that we will stop the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the questions.

Read our full cover story on Donald Trump here. You can also read the transcript of the interviews here and a full fact check here. Donald Trump thinks that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been “rightfully” criticized for failing to stop Hamas’s murder of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 and says there are “some very good people” who could take Netanyahu’s job. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In a wide-ranging interview with TIME, Trump was sharply critical of Netanyahu, a close ally during the former President’s term.

Read our full cover story on Donald Trump here. You can also read the transcript of the interviews here and a full fact check here. If elected to a second term in the White House, Donald Trump intends to pursue policies that would address what he says is a “definite anti-white feeling” in America. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “If you look at the Biden Administration, they’re sort of against anybody depending on certain views,” Trump tells TIME in an interview when asked about his supporters who believe anti-white racism now represents a greater problem than anti-Black racism.

Read our full cover story on Donald Trump here. You can also read the transcript of the interviews here and a full fact check here. In an exclusive interview with TIME, former President Donald Trump raised the specter of potential political violence if he loses the 2024 election. “I think we’re going to win,” he says on April 27 when asked about the prospect of political violence tied to November’s elections.

In 1956, my uncle John F. Kennedy, then a U. S. senator, wrote a book that is probably more famous for its great title than its contents. It was called Profiles in Courage. And it was about eight U. S. senators who JFK felt had made particularly courageous contributions to American history. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] For a while now, I have been thinking about what courage means to me.

Nearly a decade ago, a thin, soft-spoken twenty-something woman named Megan walked into my office and presented me with a meticulous hand-written file containing her gastrointestinal history. The file included descriptions of her initial diagnosis of Crohn’s disease as a teenager, the multiple operations she had endured to remove diseased parts of her bowels, and the array of symptoms she suffered with, including nausea, a dozen bowel movements a day, and a total reliance on nutrition obtained through her veins, known as total parenteral nutrition (TPN).