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the Iran war is exposing cracks between the U.S. and Israel. That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post, I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Friday, March 20th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. When the U.S. and Israel initiated the war against Iran last month, the their messages were largely in sync. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both called on Iranians to overthrow the regime of the Islamic Republic. But nearly three weeks into the conflict, the war aims of the two allies are diverging. While Trump imagined a quick military victory with only modest economic pain, Netanyahu had grander visions of toppling a regime he has sought to vanquish for 40 years. On Wednesday, Trump distanced himself from Israel's attack on an Iranian gas field. That attack drove energy prices higher and prompted retaliatory Iranian missile fire at U.S. allies in the Gulf. One senior U.S. administration official told the Post that while Netanyahu wants to wreck Iran's economy and decimate its energy infrastructure, Trump wants to keep it intact. The war has been unpopular in the US and is a political hazard for Trump. But according to polling by the Israel Democracy Institute, 93% of Jewish Israelis support the war. So continuing it serves Netanyahu politically. Trump joked about Pearl harbor right next to Japan's prime minister. That's number two. Yesterday, Trump hosted Sanae Takaichi for a meeting at the White House. She became Japan's first female prime minister in October. The pair took questions from reporters. Trump was asked why he didn't notify American allies, including Japan, before launching strikes on Iran. In response, he invoked Japan's surprise attack on the US in 1941.
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One thing you don't want to signal too much. You know, when we go in, we went in very hard and we didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Okay, Right.
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Takechi did not appear amused. She widened her eyes and dropped the careful smile from her face. But she didn't respond to the reference and remained measured toward Trump. This episode was the latest example of the unpredictable and often uncomfortable reality of a White House meeting with the president. He has a penchant for revisiting fraught moments in a country's history in front of its current leader. 3 Vice President JD Vance asked for proof of European censorship and found none. Last year, aides to Vance ordered a small office at the State Department to document how European regulators were censoring online speech. Staffers launched a probe focusing on a European Union law which requires tech companies to limit the spread of speech that is harmful or illegal. But the weeks long investigation uncovered no records indicating censorship. That's according to a Post report published this morning. Despite the finding, the Trump administration has pressed ahead with an effort to crack down on what it alleges is censorship in the eu. It has banned some European researchers from entering the US and dismantled programs intended to fight foreign disinformation campaigns. It has also crafted a plan to allow US Tech companies to skirt European rules. And it is preparing to launch a website to host banned content. A teaser for the site, called freedom.gov includes a mounted Paul Revere type figure galloping over the words Freedom is coming. The names of some January 6th officers are missing from a tribute that's our fourth story. Earlier this month, a plaque honoring police officers who protected the Capitol was installed at 4am on a Saturday without announcement or ceremony, according to a Post analysis. The names of at least 16 D.C. police officers who served that day have been excluded, and that number is likely an undercount. Carlton Wilhoyt, who said rioters left him with bruises, told the Post that learning his name was left off was a slight slap in the face. The list has already been subtly updated with the names of nearly 30 other officers since the plaque's early morning installation, and the plaque is still subject to ongoing litigation about whether it should be displayed more prominently. Number five Cities are racing to confront the legacy of Cesar Chavez after assault claims this week, the New York Times reported that the iconic Latino farm labor activist groomed and sexually abused young girls in the movement he led. The activist Dolores Huerta, who co founded the National Farm Workers association with Chavez, also told the Times that he sexually assaulted her when she was an adult. Huerta is now 95. Chavez died in 1993. The revelations about Chavez drew immediate calls to rename buildings, schools, streets and other memorials dedicated to him nationwide. Cities have canceled planned marches to honor his birthday, which is on March 31 and some signs and statues honoring Chavez have already been covered up or removed. ABC axed its latest season of the Bachelorette days before its premiere. That's number six.
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For those of you that don't know me, I'm Taylor Frankie Paul, your new Bachelorette.
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The 22nd season of the Bachelorette was supposed to premiere on Sunday night, but yesterday TMZ published a 2023 video that appears to show season lead Taylor Frankie Paul engaging in domestic violence. A police news release issued after the incident indicates that Paul had injured her child during a fight with her ex boyfriend. Paul pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. This incident was not unknown to abc. Paul's arrest after the incident was featured in the Hulu show the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Paul was a breakout star of that series. Hulu and ABC are both owned by the Walt Disney Company. This is the first time an entire season of the Bachelor franchise has been cancelled before it aired. And at number seven, Gen Z has a new signature face for posing in photos. It's known as the Gen Z Pout. If you're not familiar, allow me to paint a picture. According to the Post's pop culture writer Shane o', Neill, who has studied this very, very closely, the pout combines the penetrating malaise of the Gen Z stare with the plump protrusion of the millennial duck face. If you can't remember the duck face, imagine Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, who, it was revealed in a previous decade, would say the word pre prune every time a photo was taken. But according to the next generation, trying to look your best for a photo is pretty cringe. To protect against it, try a sulky, glamorous frown. If you still can't envision it, you have no choice but to look up our newsletter today. Then you can see how young stars Rachel Sennett and Lily Rose Depp pull it off. Personally, I will continue to smile in photos with an embarrassing sincerity. Foreign. That's the show for this week. The staff writers of the Seven are Jamie Ross, Izzan Ekabow and me. Special thanks to Lucas Trevor and Sharla Freeland for producing. John Taylor is our editor. Copyediting by Kendra Nichols, Rebecca Branford and Victoria Craw. Mixing and sound design is by Jim Briggs and Justin Gerrish. Our theme music is by Edith Mudge. I'm Hannah Jewell. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend. I'll meet you back here on Monday.
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