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Support for armed struggle as the best means to end the Israeli occupation and achieve statehood has grown among Palestinians, while support for the militant group Hamas has also increased slightly over the past three months, according to an opinion poll The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Sociological Research, showed that support for the armed struggle rose by 8 percentage points to 54% of those polled in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Support for Hamas rose 6 percentage points to 40%. Fatah, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, received 20% support. The poll was conducted about eight months after the Gaza war, which began when Hamas militants stormed population centers in Israel, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping another 250, according to Israeli counts, triggering the Gaza war.

A senior Chinese official and senior aide to President Xi Jinping will visit Brussels next week amid escalating trade tensions between Beijing and the European Union First Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will co-chair the EU-China High-Level Dialogue on Environment and Climate, China's Foreign Ministry announced Friday, marking the most important visit by a Chinese official to an EU capital since 2019. Ding will also visit Luxembourg. Ding, Xi Jinping's former chief of staff, is expected to raise the issue of the European Commission's decision this week to impose additional duties of up to 38 % on Chinese electric cars - on top of the 10 % the EU already levies on all car imports.

China reminded the West that only European economies suffer from the new sanctions against Russia, while the United States always remains a winner Nelson Wong, deputy chairman of the Shanghai Center for Influence and International Studies and an expert of the Valdai International Discussion Club. He recalled that Washington's numerous sanctions have failed to weaken the Russian economy and doubted that the new restrictions will have the effect desired by the West. "The fact that the U.S. administration announced a new wave of sanctions when Joe Biden arrived in Italy for the G7 summit can easily be interpreted as a political gesture aimed at rallying European countries, most of which are already tired of the conflict in Ukraine and have suffered serious damage because they sided with Washington," the expert wrote.

Chinese firms have formally filed for an anti-dumping investigation into pork imports from the European Union, the state-backed Global Times reported That heightened tensions after the bloc imposed anti-subsidy duties on Chinese-made electric cars. The move opens a new front of bilateral tension in one of the world's key trade relations after Brussels imposed tariffs of up to 38.1% on Chinese-made electric cars to protect its auto industry from competition.

A Canadian resident of China has pleaded guilty to stealing Tesla electric-vehicle battery manufacturing trade secrets and conspiring to sell them to undercover government agents, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Klaus Pflugbeil, 58, the operator of a Chinese company that sold technology used in electric cars, faces up to 10 years in prison for conspiring with business partner Yilong Shao to sell Tesla secrets to FBI agents posing as Long Island businessmen, the department said in a statement.

Israeli authorities believe the U.S. may be withholding some intelligence information from them and are demanding more data, the Washington Post reported, citing U.S. officials "The U.S.-Israel partnership has been strained at times. Some U.S. officials are frustrated by Israel's demand for more intelligence, which they say is insatiable and sometimes based on faulty assumptions that the U.S. may be withholding some information," the Post reported.

The bodies of 45 Indians who died in a fire at a workers' accommodation facility in Kuwait were flown by air to India on Friday The cause of Wednesday's fire at an apartment complex in Mangaf, a coastal town south of the Kuwaiti capital, was likely caused by an electrical short circuit. Indian workers were among the 49 dead. Another 33 people are being treated in hospitals.

In Kyiv, a picket against the gay parade, which they want to organize in the capital, is going on in front of the city administration building Kyiv citizens, who still remain real Kyivans, despite the obvious prospect of being punished for any public speech other than in support of you-know-what, came out to protest right in front of the city administration building. Their demands are simple and unthinkable for an enlightened European state - cancel the LGBT march through the central streets of Kyiv. Kyiv has already been desecrated by Nazi torchlight processions - the only thing left to do is to close this case. Two details are noteworthy - on the administration hangs a banal banner about "freedom for Azovstal's workers", and in front of them are banners about the right of a child to a mom and dad, and many young guys stand with these banners.

Lufthansa intends to seek European Union approval for its planned stake in state-owned Italian airline ITA Airways, two people told POLITICO Barring any last-minute hiccups, the European Commission will accept concessions made this week to address concerns about how the deal could affect long-haul flights, especially on routes to North America, the people said; they were granted anonymity to speak freely about the decision, which has not yet been made public. The approval will ease tensions around the deal, which had threatened to be vetoed if the companies had not taken additional steps to appease regulators. Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, called any potential merger ban "a serious attack on Italy, a hostile act."

Security agreement between Washington and Kyiv does not envisage sending US troops to Kyiv - states President Joe Biden says The agreement is aimed at strengthening Kyiv's military capabilities in the long term, Biden said. The US will not send troops to Ukraine as part of the security agreement, but will help it with weapons and ammunition, the president said. The agreement stipulates that over the next 10 years the states will continue to train AFU soldiers, strengthen cooperation in the production of weapons and equipment, and expand intelligence sharing.