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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-12/ty-article/.premium/france-saudi-arabia-say-palestinian-state-should-be-prerequisite-for-peace-process/00000197-652a-d34b-ad97-f56bdf920000

France, Saudi Arabia Say Palestinian State Should Be Prerequisite for Peace Process Ahead of UN Conference
According to a policy paper for the conference, a Palestinian state shouldn't be founded as a result of a peace process with Israel, but as a precondition for it

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-19/ty-article-magazine/.premium/could-u-s-strikes-on-irans-fordow-facility-kill-its-nuclear-program/00000197-8926-d6c0-a1b7-e9374fd60000

Defense Minister Israel Katz held a situation assessment on Tuesday with IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. It's undeniable that the war must end with a negotiated agreement. The suffering on Israel's home front is both clear and severe: the closure of Israeli airspace, the shutdown of oil refineries, damage to a major hospital and the Weizmann Institute and shelling targeting the Kirya military compound in Tel Aviv. These recent attacks resulted in 21 Israelis killed, hundreds wounded, thousands displaced and numerous homes destroyed.

2 weeks of rest aren't going to make much difference to Meath or Monaghan.

Disagree. The rest will give both a better chance of winning their All Ireland quarter than if they had three matches in consecutive weekends and then playing a rested opponent.

Neither Meath nor Monaghan are weapons grade. They won't get anywhere near Sam.

I think they'll be very hard stopped. How many teams have ever beaten Dublin and Kerry in the one year? Us in 02 and Tyrone in one of their years? Not too many more I'd say. Neither of those will fear anyone coming through that prelim draw. 

Kildare did it in'98. Easy to forget that. 😉

All Kildare had to do was turn up. It  was a great match. It's a pity that Kildare team never won Sam.

Israel's defence minister said that Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "can no longer be allowed to exist" after an Israeli hospital was hit during an Iranian missile attack.

"Khamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed - he personally gives the order to fire on hospitals. He considers the destruction of the state of Israel to be a goal," Israel Katz told journalists in Holon near Tel Aviv.

"Such a man can no longer be allowed to exist."

What a f@#king hypocrite, them c@nts have some neck for calling out people for bombing hospitals.

Israeli hypocrites. They have destroyed 10 hospitals on Gaza. Such comments are designed to draw attention away from the failure of Israel's missile defences. Israel doesn't like it when its enemies fight back. Israel bit off more than it could chew with Iran.

Iran will take its time in replying. Israel has bitten off more than it can chew.

The sanctions against Israel can't come soon enough. Israel is out of control.

Would it be fair to say what Israel has done is by far worse than Russia.

I'm not condoning Russia by the way.

But the double standards around sanctions is mad.

it really is. Israel has murdered at least 100,000 Gazans and gets a free pass across Europe while Russia gets sanctions.

Should Galway prevail over Down and the other 3 fancied counties go through, i think the players left standing for Galway would likely be meeting Monaghan in the quarters.
Down are evidently progressing. In the latter part of the 2nd half v Monaghan they were responding in kind, on the attack just 2 points behind and they get pulled up by the ref for a costly 2 point infringement. Nothing went right for Down in the last 1/4 except the gifted free awarded for O'Toole's non-foul, whereas everything else went right for Monaghan. IMO it could easily have been a one point game which could have gone either way.

Why do you think the theoretical quarter final would be Galway versus Monaghan?

A theoretical set of qf pairings

Armagh (can only) v Kerry

that leaves 3 pairs

Meath v Donegal (who have already played Monaghan and Tyrone)
Galway have already played Dublin
therefore Monaghan v Galway
and Dublin v Tyrone

Are there any other possibilities should the fancied 4 go through?
Possibly the Monaghan Donegal previous game doesn't count

GRMA

2 weeks of rest aren't going to make much difference to Meath or Monaghan.

Disagree. The rest will give both a better chance of winning their All Ireland quarter than if they had three matches in consecutive weekends and then playing a rested opponent.

Neither Meath nor Monaghan are weapons grade. They won't get anywhere near Sam.

[People need to stop bringing Div 1 teams and Div 2 teams to make a point.]

People need to stop bringing Div 1 teams and Div 2 teams to make a point.  The last two All Ireland champions was won by teams that played their spring football in Div 2 and Derry reached back to back All Ireland semi finals having played in Div 2 both years. It's a last 16 now down to the last 12. There isn't much of gap if any at all between those battling relegation in Division 1 and those pushing for promotion to Div 1. 

Would be nice to see a shock or two this weekend but the 4 favourites Donegal,Galway,Dublin,Kerry should win,  what shape they'll be in for the following week against a rested Monaghan,Meath,Tyrone,Armagh remains to be seen.

2 weeks of rest aren't going to make much difference to Meath or Monaghan.

https://www.ft.com/content/6969644f-ca2f-4ca5-a230-cc230d6d8acf

A total of some 338 people had already been killed trying to reach the GHF food centres as of Monday, according to a toll published by the Gaza health ministry. The centres have been open for less than three weeks.

Should Galway prevail over Down and the other 3 fancied counties go through, i think the players left standing for Galway would likely be meeting Monaghan in the quarters.
Down are evidently progressing. In the latter part of the 2nd half v Monaghan they were responding in kind, on the attack just 2 points behind and they get pulled up by the ref for a costly 2 point infringement. Nothing went right for Down in the last 1/4 except the gifted free awarded for O'Toole's non-foul, whereas everything else went right for Monaghan. IMO it could easily have been a one point game which could have gone either way.

Why do you think the theoretical quarter final would be Galway versus Monaghan?

[AEA thought Iran was a few months away in April]

US carriers are on route, they could bring larger GBU 57 bunker busters. IAEA thought Iran was a few months away in April, they've had long enough

3 months away from what?

Enriching enough uranium to weapons grade 90%. They supposedly have enriched enough to create 9 warheads at 60%, it's not a long process to go from 60-90 a few days maybe. Then the process of creating a suitable warhead to fit Irans ballistic missiles, most likely the Shahab-3 

https://www.ft.com/content/03475842-014c-402b-8fd0-be77a89decc1
Donald Trump's ambassador to Israel has urged the US president to listen only to the voice of God as he weighed further US military involvement in the Middle East.

It's the worse draw possible for Down but also the worst for Galway, Down at the Marshes will be no walkover for Galway.

Worst for Galway? As opposed to Kerry or Donegal away? I think Down will give them their fill of it but I'm sure they'd have taken Down out of the options available.

A miswritten post for sure, meant to write - worst for Down, best for Galway but it wont be a walkover.

It is a good fixture for Galway considering that Kerry and Donegal were possible opposition. The 4 pre quarter finals are division 1 versus division 2 fixtures.

Israel doesn't have the bombs to take out Fordow nuclear site which is built 0.5 km into a mountain.

Iran will take its time in replying. Israel has bitten off more than it can chew.

The sanctions against Israel can't come soon enough. Israel is out of control.

Armagh will want to win this one. They've a chance to knock out one of the main teams who can stop them from retaining Sam. They'll go full strength.

Armagh can only knock out Galway if Derry beat or draw with Dublin.