Jonathan Hessen

As @POTUS has made clear, the United States Navy will continue the blockade of Iranian ports. In a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in. Constraining Iran’s maritime trade directly targets the regime’s primary revenue lifelines. The @USTreasury will continue to apply maximum pressure through Economic Fury to systematically degrade Tehran’s ability to generate, move, and repatriate funds. Any person or vessel facilitating these flows—through covert trade and finance—risks exposure to U.S. sanctions. We continue to freeze the funds stolen by the corrupt leadership on behalf of the people of Iran.

"Is Israel Safer Today?" my latest @MirYamInstitute @BenAnthony1948 miryaminstitute.org/commentary-blo… Is Israel safer today, from a national security standpoint, than it was on October 6, 2023? The answer is yes. Hezbollah is alone in Lebanon. Hamas is alone in Gaza. The Houthis are alone in Yemen. And most importantly, the Ayatollahs left alive in Tehran are increasingly isolated, with fewer options. The ring of fire Tehran spent decades building around Israel has been largely dismantled. The strategic paradigm that permitted threats to grow unchecked because acting on them seemed too dangerous has been replaced by a different logic: the cost of inaction exceeds the cost of action.

The Palestinian Authority paid salaries to convicted terrorists released under the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, according to a State Department report to Congress obtained by the Free Beacon. The report “marks the first U.S. government determination that the PA has ‘provided payments to convicted terrorists released from Israeli prisons in October 2025 under President Trump’s 20-point peace plan,’” @Kredo0 reports.