Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz reportedly tells Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Israel is providing intelligence and other unspecified operations to the US-led naval mission protecting ships in the Strait of Hormuz. US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper 'optimistic' that other countries will join the effort soon.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Iran’s UN Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi accuses the United States of a “brazen violation of the fundamental principles of international law” and urges the international community to condemn the US behavior.
Following Israel Hayom columnist Mati Tuchfeld's call on Tuesday for the Right to "commit to its own path," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly responds in a direct letter to the paper's readers, vowing to eschew a national unity government with the Blue and White party after the September 17 election.
"A strait for a strait. It can't be that the Strait of Hormuz is free for you and the Strait of Gibraltar is not free for us," Iranian president says.
A false analogy reminds us that blaming Trump for mass shootings is nothing like Palestinian incitement.
