Ben Lazarus

Iran advisor to Supreme Leader, Ebrahim Rezai, says Axios report is more of an American "wish list" than reality "Americans will not gain anything in a losing war that they have not gained in face-to-face negotiations, Iran is ready to pull the trigger. If they do not surrender and make the necessary concessions, or if they themselves or their puppets try to misbehave, we will give a harsh and regrettable response."

🚨NEW: Zack Polanski says he was "traumatised" by footage of police detaining the Golders Green terror-suspect

I hate to call coverage like this antisemitic, but how can it not be. A non-lethal crime in Israel getting international coverage like this is odd. Does random acts of violence against Hindus in Pakistan or Muslims in India get similar coverage?

Forget all this stuff about shut-ins, floating storage, tanks at Kharg, and all that. Ultimately, the discussion going on inside Trump's natsec team is probably some version of: Will the blockade force the Iranians to make concessions, and facilitate a better deal, and can that be achieved quickly enough to avoid more pain from Hormuz remaining closed?

The 17-year-old boy who on Saturday broke a London synagogue’s window and then lit and threw a fire bomb through it, has pleaded guilty to arson. District Judge Nina Tempia freed the synagogue arsonist on bail, allowing him to walk free from the court. Why? “I didn’t know it was a synagogue… I genuinely thought it was an empty building” the boy claimed, in a prepared statement read to the court. Look at the photo – architectural menorah relief sculpture, Hebrew writing – and ask yourself if that’s likely to be true. Besides, which buildings is it OK to throw firebombs through the window of?