2025-08-08
14 分钟Israel's security cabinet approves Prime Minister Netanyahu's controversial plan to take over Gaza City.
Plus, President Trump orders illegal immigrants to be excluded from the next US census.
And a shake-up to 401k investing would allow Americans to put their pensions in private assets such as crypto.
One obvious concern is that these assets, by definition, are less liquid than public markets,
so it can be hard to sell them in a timely fashion.
Of course, crypto is a new and rather untested boom and bust industry.
It's Friday, August the 8th.
I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal.
Here is the AM edition of What's News,
the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
In a potentially risky and controversial move,
Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan for the military to take control of Gaza City.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel doesn't plan to hold Gaza permanently,
but will enact a five-step plan to end the war, as Middle East correspondent Feliz Solomon explains.
To start with, Israel's military will take control of Gaza City,
which is a very densely populated area.
And to this point in the war,
the military has so far avoided ground operations in these densely populated areas over fears that it could endanger hostages who are held there.
Ultimately, this plan will entail Israel taking control of the entire Gaza Strip.
This idea has been floated for a while now, and it has already proven controversial.