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Sept. 22, 2025, 7:46 PM EDTBy Matt BradleyAs Palestinians and much of the Arab and Muslim worlds praised the decision by several European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood, Israeli politicians across the political spectrum reacted with anger and spoke of retaliation.“You are giving a huge prize to terrorism,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded address released Sunday night, as countries including the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia began to express their commitments to Palestinian statehood. “It will not happen. There will be no Palestinian state west of the Jordan River.”France formally recognized Palestinian statehood at a United Nations meeting on Monday. The statehood acknowledgements were “a diplomatic disaster,” Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, a long-standing opponent of Netanyahu, posted on X on Sunday. He added that it was “a harmful step” and a “reward for terror.”Though the fast-moving diplomatic events are mostly symbolic, the resentment across Israel’s political class shows just how isolated the Jewish state has become two years into its war with Hamas that has upended much of the Middle East.The Trump administration has also warned of possible repercussions for countries taking measures against Israel, including France. But European leaders defended their decisions, calling them a strike against Hamas rather than a pledge of support for what Israeli leaders called a potential “terrorist state.”“Recognizing Palestine is a categorical disavowal of Hamas, and it permanently isolates it,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on French channel TF1. “It vindicates those among the Palestinians who have chosen to renounce violence and terrorism.”Netanyahu said that his government’s response would not come until next week after he returns from the United States. His trip will include an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday and a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday.Netanyahu’s choices, reported by Israeli local media, range from a face-saving climbdown to more drastic moves that could threaten Israel’s hard-won partnerships with its Arab and Muslim neighbors.The prime minister faces substantial pressure from his right-wing ideological flank, particularly hard-line ministers in his government, to retaliate by annexing the whole of the occupied West Bank.But the United Arab Emirates, one of a handful of Arab nations that maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, already warned Israel earlier this month that annexation would be a “red line.”The UAE did not specify what action it might take, but officials told Reuters they were considering downgrading the UAE’s diplomatic ties with Israel, potentially damaging the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords, one of Israel’s most important diplomatic victories in recent memory.British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the BBC that she had warned the Israelis against annexing all or part of the West Bank.Short of taking over the West Bank in full, senior Israeli officials also discussed the possibility of bringing more West Bank territory now governed by the Palestinians under full Israeli control, according to media reports in the country.Israel may also decide to shutter France’s consulate in Jerusalem, which tends to deal with issues related to the Palestinians, the reports said. Israeli leaders are focusing their outrage on France because it was the first in a series of Western countries to announce that it would recognize a Palestinian state last summer.For Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the decisions were met with cheer and relief — a sign that the West is finally ready to treat Palestinians as equal.“This is a beginning, or a glimmer of hope for the Palestinian people,” said Fawzi Nour Al-Deen, a displaced person from the north of Gaza. “We are a people who deserve to have a state.”But for others, the lofty, abstract diplomacy unfolding in New York felt a world away from the suffering in the famine-stricken enclave where more than 65,000 people have died in almost two years of war with Israel, which began with the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage.“Where is the state? In the street? Or in the tents? What state is this that [they] recognize?” said Mohammed al-Yazigi, a displaced person in central Gaza. “Are we able to find something to eat or a place to stay? Leave it to God.”Matt BradleyMatt Bradley is an international correspondent for NBC News based in Israel.
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Sept. 22, 2025, 6:14 PM EDTBy Melanie Zanona, Julie Tsirkin and Dareh GregorianWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to meet with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this week to discuss funding the government as the specter of a shutdown looms, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.A time and a date have not yet been set. The meeting is expected to take place in Washington.Jeffries and Schumer, both of New York, had requested that the meeting take place ahead of the Sept. 30 funding deadline.Trump said over the weekend, “I’d love to meet with them, but I don’t think it’s going to have any impact.”The Senate voted last week to block dueling Republican and Democratic proposals to keep the government funded past Sept. 30 on a short-term basis.A deal to avert a shutdown and give lawmakers more time to work out a longer-term deal has to be bipartisan to clear the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, where Republicans hold 53 seats.The Democrats’ funding bill would extend Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.The Republican bill would fund the government at current spending levels through Nov. 21 but preserve cuts to previously appropriated spending that have incensed Democrats.The GOP bill fell 16 votes short of the 60 needed, while the Democratic bill fell 13 votes short.The House and the Senate are on recess this week, and Republican leaders have decided not to bring the House back until after the funding deadline.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., last week said the bill Democrats “put on the floor makes it very clear they are very unserious.”Schumer and other Democrats have noted that Trump has publicly called on Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., not to negotiate with Democrats over a funding bill.If there is a shutdown, mandatory services such as the Border Patrol, the Postal Service and Social Security will continue, but many federal workers will go unpaid.Melanie Zanona and Julie Tsirkin reported from Washington and Dareh Gregorian from New York.Melanie ZanonaMelanie Zanona is a Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News.Julie TsirkinJulie Tsirkin is a correspondent covering Capitol Hill.Dareh GregorianDareh Gregorian is a politics reporter for NBC News.
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Nov. 15, 2025, 6:00 AM ESTBy Elizabeth CohenSome medical centers are taking a dramatic step to save mothers and babies after studies have shown too many doctors fail to follow guidelines for preventing pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly pregnancy complication.These hospitals now recommend that all of their pregnant patients take low-dose aspirin. Studies show the drug is safe and can help prevent pre-eclampsia, a condition characterized by high blood pressure, and other pregnancy dangers.Last week, the March of Dimes, a nonprofit research and advocacy group focused on maternal and infant health, essentially blessed this approach, saying it may be “medically reasonable” for some medical practices to offer all of their pregnant patients the drug.The move could pave the way for more doctors to recommend low-dose aspirin to all of their pregnant patients, much as they do already with prenatal vitamins.Pre-eclampsia, a leading cause of death among mothers and babies, affects about 1 in every 25 pregnancies in the U.S. Black mothers and women with high blood pressure or diabetes, or who are 35 or older, among other factors, are at increased risk.Rates of the disease have climbed 25% in the last two decades in the United States, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation.The March of Dimes report says that in clinical trials, low-dose aspirin reduces the risk of pre-eclampsia by 15%, and also preterm birth by 20% and perinatal mortality — death of a fetus late in pregnancy or a baby in the first week of life — by 20%.More than a decade ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that pregnant women at increased risk for pre-eclampsia take low-dose aspirin, optimally from between 12 and 16 weeks of pregnancy until delivery, to prevent the complication. The American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians has issued similar guidance — but studies show many doctors still don’t follow it.The new March of Dimes guidelines say that if most pregnant patients in a practice are at increased risk of pre-eclampsia, it’s reasonable to recommend low-dose aspirin to all of its pregnant patients.Some obstetricians applauded the new March of Dimes report, which is co-authored by the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, saying it could decrease the rates of pre-eclampsia.“A statement by such well-respected, science-backed organizations could really move the needle,” said Dr. Adam Lewkowitz, a pre-eclampsia expert and an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.‘Nobody ever mentioned’ low-dose aspirinAbout five weeks before her due date, Angela Jones suddenly started speaking in gibberish and her vision blurred. On her way to the hospital, she had seizures and doesn’t remember delivering her baby by emergency C-section.If Jones’ doctors had followed guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, they would have recognized that because Jones was at increased risk for pre-eclampsia, she should have been taking low-dose aspirin during her pregnancy.“Nobody ever mentioned anything about low-dose aspirin to me,” said Jones, who lives in Downey, California, and shared her story with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative. “I didn’t know you could have seizures. I didn’t know you could have a stroke, or even die from preeclampsia.”Angela Jones was at increased risk of pre-eclampsia during her pregnancy.Courtesy of Angela JonesThe groups offer a screening tool so doctors can determine which of their patients should take the drug, and Jones fit several criteria: she’s Black, obese, and this was her first baby in more than 10 years.A complicated, time-consuming formulaMany obstetricians say women like Jones get missed because doctor’s appointments, which are often just 15 minutes long, are too jam-packed to fit in a complex assessment of a patient’s risk factors.A 2022 study from the Duke University School of Medicine looked at babies born in the U.S. in 2019, and found that 85.7% of the mothers were eligible for low-dose aspirin during their pregnancies, but according to the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, less than half of pregnant patients who should be taking the drug are taking it.Low-dose aspirin can prevent pre-eclampsia by improving blood flow to the uterus, according to the March of Dimes. While some studies have shown an increased risk of bleeding for the mother, the March of Dimes said a review of 21 randomized controlled trials showed no increased risk of bleeding, and the group says there’s no evidence of harm to mother or baby.Because the formula to determine which pregnant women should get low-dose aspirin can be complicated and time-consuming, a growing number of major hospitals have begun recommending it to all of their pregnant patients.Dr. David Hackney, the division chief of maternal-fetal medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, said the current guidelines are onerous. “It can all look good on paper, but then there’s the way things work out in the real world,” Hackney said.Because of that, University Hospitals began recommending low-dose aspirin to all pregnant women a few months ago, he said.The Cleveland Clinic has made the same move, said Dr. Adina Kern-Goldberger, an assistant professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.Parkland Health in Dallas, one of the busiest maternity hospitals in the U.S., started the practice three years ago, according to Dr. Elaine Duryea, chief of obstetrics at Parkland and an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She said her team is currently tracking pre-eclampsia rates to see whether the policy has made a difference.At all these practices, patients can opt out of taking the medicine if they prefer, but obstetricians say most do not.Other medical centers have been less enthusiastic about low-dose aspirin.Northwell Health, the largest health care system in New York, does not universally recommend low-dose aspirin for all pregnant patients, according to Dr. Matthew Blitz, director of clinical research for the division of maternal-fetal medicine at Northwell Health.“The idea is to do no harm, so giving it to everyone, including people who don’t need it, is still a big concern,” Blitz said.Still, he noted that the screening tool is “extremely time-consuming” and it’s possible that Northwell might eventually decide to recommend low-dose aspirin for all pregnant patients.Jones, the mom in California, said she hopes the new report will make a difference.Last year, she became pregnant again, and even though the guidelines say she should have received aspirin — a history of pre-eclampsia is one of the criteria — she says her doctors didn’t suggest it until she was six months along, many weeks later than recommended.She developed pre-eclampsia again, with dangerously high blood pressure and blurry vision.“Doctors need to tell people about this,” she said. “It makes me angry — like what the heck is going on in this system?”Elizabeth CohenElizabeth Cohen is a Peabody Award-winning journalist and a health contributor to NBC News. She is the author of the book “The Empowered Patient.” 
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