Middle East
The president asked Americans to pay higher gasoline prices for a little longer so that a “very evil country” cannot have nukes.
Senior government official claims Israel was hours away from a massive operation that was stopped at the last minute last week. Also, Netanyahu’s successor, who still does not know he is one.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East envoy is expected to travel with Board of Peace high representative Nickolay Mladenov and meet with Israeli and regional officials, per Axios.
The U.S. is using diplomatic, military and economic pressure to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran and stabilize energy prices, the vice president said.
Israeli president says the landmark agreements are “just the beginning” and urges further normalization across the Middle East.
Iranian conservatives are trying to turn control of the international shipping route into a permanent mechanism for extracting political concessions.
Fifty-nine vessels have been redirected to date “to ensure full compliance with the blockade,” according to CENTCOM.
Israeli observers tell JNS the Pakistan-Saudi-Turkish agreement signifies the rise of a Sunni axis.
The proposed federal class action alleges that the U.S. companies and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio enabled Israeli military operations that damaged U.S. citizen-owned property in Lebanon, though no ownership documentation was provided with the filing.
A U.S. State Department report states that the Palestinian Authority and several other regional governments failed to meet transparency standards, while Lebanon has made significant progress.
