Steve Howell

Together with our allies, we condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces.

💢 Netanyahu calls to bypass Hormuz with pipelines west from Saudi Arabia to Israel ICC-fugitive Israeli PM PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the world must move beyond reliance on vulnerable maritime “choke points” like the Strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively shut. 🔸He said a product of the war on Iran could be: ➤ new oil and gas routes that bypass both Hormuz and the Red Sea entirely ➤ specifically pipelines running west across the Arabian Peninsula to Israeli ports ➤ Said such projects would “do away with the choke points forever” and stabilize global energy flows ➤ Tied the plan to his long-standing “land bridge” vision linking Asia to Europe through Israel Netanyahu also claimed the war with Iran could end “a lot faster than people think,” and that these projects could follow quickly.

Here’s Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia questioning US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on the timeline of communications over whether there was an 'imminent nuclear threat' posed by Iran. He ties her in knots.

I condemn in the strongest terms the overnight Iranian strike on a Qatari gas facility. We are working towards a swift resolution to the situation in the Middle East, in the best interests of the British people – because there is no question that ending the war is the quickest way to reduce the cost of living.