Iran’s economy could “grind to a halt” under the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian trade official warned, estimating the pressure could cost Tehran $18 billion annually and cripple much of its foreign trade. President Donald Trump meanwhile declared that Washington has “total control” of the strategic waterway and dismissed any
>A new defense alliance between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and nuclear-armed Pakistan is likely to pose a serious long-term threat to Israel.
Channel 12 News reported earlier Tuesday that the multinational force is not expected to begin entering Gaza before October.
Iran also wants Washington to permanently end military threats and actions against Iran and its regional allies.
Formal relations ended in January 2009, when then-President Hugo Chávez broke ties with Israel over Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Former MK and Be’eri resident Haim Yellin, who survived the October 7 massacre, warned that withdrawing the IDF while Hamas retains any meaningful foothold in Gaza could recreate the very conditions that allowed the terrorist group to carry out its attack. Reacting to the 15-point Gaza plan calling for an Israeli withdrawal, Yellin said residents
Among organizations that reported financial figures, annual turnover totaled 6.18 billion shekels ($1.77 billion).
Lebanese scholar and activist Dr. Charles Chartouni, who was forced into exile over his opposition to Hezbollah, condemned the group’s grip on Lebanon, called for it to surrender its weapons, and openly supported peace with Israel.
Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher fled to Russia after the government’s fall in December 2024 and received political asylum.
Canadian Islamic scholar Younus Kathrada denies the Jewish people’s ancient connection to the Land of Israel while claiming that Muslims have a religious duty to expel Jews from the region.
