🇮🇱🇬🇧 Israel's foreign minister told the UK to look at its own colonies before lecturing anyone about who gets to live where.
Gideon Sa'ar rejected the statement from UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who called Israel's E1 settlement tender an unacceptable and destructive act.
He demanded it be retracted, and summoned Israel's charge d'affaires.
Sa'ar said the Jewish people have the right to live throughout the Land of Israel just as the British live throughout the UK. He invoked the Balfour Declaration.
He called it absurd for a country still holding colonial territories thousands of miles from its shores to lecture Israel on its historic homeland.
He also accused Miliband of a one-sided statement that ignores Palestinian terrorism and the PA's "pay for slay" policy.
E1 would connect Jerusalem to Ma'ale Adumim. It would cut the West Bank off from East Jerusalem, which is why nearly every government but Israel's calls it a threat to a future Palestinian state.
Britain lecturing anyone about not carving up other people's maps is a choice. So is quoting Balfour back at them as your defense.
Writer: Julie
🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel's former prime minister says the goal isn't just to stop Iran's bomb, it's to bring the whole regime down.
Naftali Bennett laid out how he'd go after Tehran, saying Israel should block any nuclear breakout with one hand while working to speed the ayatollahs' collapse with the other.
He argued the heavy lifting wouldn't come from airstrikes.
"The Soviets fell without a bomb being dropped on Moscow. America never bombed Moscow.
But it put pressure on the system.
And understand this: the Iranian regime is rotten and hollow from within. It will collapse.
Our job is to accelerate it."
Whether Tehran is as hollow as he claims is the bet the whole plan rides on.
Writer: Julie
There was a time when the insults from Muslims really used to get to me. I would become angry and almost want to curse them back. But then I watched GodLogic and noticed how patient he was with them. Even when they said all kinds of things, he didn’t insult or curse them. Instead, he patiently explained and educated them.
I realized that this was the fruit of the Holy Spirit, responding with love, patience, and self-control even when people provoke you. So I started praying for God to help me develop that same attitude, to be able to explain the truth in love rather than respond with anger or insults.
I also reminded myself that I shouldn’t hate or be angry with them. I believe many of them are spiritually blinded and need the truth, but they also need to experience the love and patience of Christ through us.🥰
For nearly 10 years, an American Christian and an Israeli Jew have worked side by side to uncover Bethsaida, an ancient Jewish village along the shores of the Sea of Galilee where three of Jesus’ apostles, Peter, Andrew and Philip, were born.
In the 5th century, a church was built over the site, honoring its deep connection to the Christian faith. Today, through years of archaeology and teamwork, this history is being brought back to life.
#ChristiansInIsrael #Archaeology #HolyLand #BibleTok
🇺🇸🇴🇲 Trump is now punishing the countries he asked for help, and Oman is only the newest one...
The June memorandum he signed at Versailles specifically called for an Iran and Oman dialogue on managing the Strait of Hormuz.
Those talks are finally producing something, with American officials acknowledging they could relieve pressure on global energy markets and gas prices at home.
Earlier today, he threatened to bomb Muscat anyway, saying they had not behaved very well without specifying what they did.
A day earlier he cut a joint military exercise with South Korea because Seoul declined to help reopen the strait, telling reporters he reminded President Lee Jae Myung that 39,000 American troops stand between his country and Kim Jong Un.
Britain and Spain have drawn similar complaints.
Inside the administration the picture splits.
Some aides call Oman duplicitous and Iran-leaning, while others say the president is scapegoating a mediator he already sidelined for Qatar and Pakistan.
Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations reads the threats as emboldening Tehran, since Iran wants Muscat's signature precisely to make its grip on the strait look like a legitimate joint venture.
Whatever the reason for Trump's threat, the country is running out of countries it can call allies at a time when it should be strengthening relationships, not ostracizing itself.
Source: The Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump reiterates his red line:
"The number one goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a nuclear weapon. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Just yesterday, MTG said U.S. strategy meetings are discussing nuclear options in Iran...
That is, dropping one of their own. But Iran, Trump says, can NEVER be allowed to have one.
They're not responsible like he is, I suppose...
Source: Truth Social / Writer: Michael
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says there was never a firm 60-day deadline with the U.S. to begin with.
FM spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei says the June 18 memo only gave both sides 60 days to discuss sanctions and the nuclear issue, and that the window could have been extended.
He says Iran doesn't make decisions under "pressure, ultimatums, or time limits."
Baqaei also claims the talks never really got started because the U.S. broke the agreement only weeks after it was signed.
For now, he says Iran is focused on day-to-day issues while its military remains "fully vigilant."
The 60-day mark passed today with no deal. Washington tells it differently though, putting the blame on Iran for not reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Tasnim / Writer: Julie
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 While Trump was publicly threatening to bomb Iran's energy infrastructure, Tulsi Gabbard was secretly calling the President of Iraqi Kurdistan...
Asking him to get IRGC commander General Ahmad Vahidi on the phone.
Nechirvan Barzani, who studied in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war and speaks fluent Farsi, agreed, and on May 14th an IRGC official arrived in Erbil carrying an encrypted phone for a secure call directly to Vahidi.
Barzani asked Vahidi if he was aligned with Iran's negotiators...
Vahidi's response: "I fully support them and this is also the position of the IRGC. We prefer to solve this crisis through negotiations."
The U.S. then asked Barzani to host secret talks in Erbil between senior U.S. and Iranian negotiators.
The Iranians didn't rule it out, but said they feared Israeli intelligence assets in Iraqi Kurdistan would assassinate them on the way there.
So the meeting never happened.
Pakistani mediators are now reportedly giving more optimistic readouts than the talks actually justify...
Barzani has reportedly told the White House he is willing to help restart U.S.-Iran negotiations.
But the problem is not the mediator, it's Iran's policy on the Strait.
A policy that is unlikely to change anytime soon...
Source: Axios / Writer: Michael
Separation of assets is a marital economic system in the legal domain in which assets acquired before and during marriage are the exclusive property of an individual spouse and not a couple. This means that each spouse retains control and ownership of the assets they had before marriage and those acquired during the marriage.
No need making a fuss about this. He made her a multimillionaire from a poor sales girl, and she has access to enjoy everything he has during the existence of the marriage. In marriage or divorce, she will be alright.
I know I’ve got work to do to win the trust of Britain’s farmers.
Today we’re putting £65m more into supporting farmers through this drought and preparing for the summers ahead.
They’re on the frontline of a changing climate and they shouldn’t be left to face it alone.
The ability to grow our own food is national security. I’ll treat it that way.
🇮🇷 Iran could be nearing a dangerous crossroads as U.S. economic pressure mounts.
As the U.S. squeezes Iran’s economy tighter, Analyst Behnam Ben Taleblu warns Tehran may answer with force as early as this fall: more strikes on ships, U.S. bases, and Arab infrastructure in the Gulf.
“Come early fall, what we can expect is for them to kinetically push back against Trump’s economic policy.”
That’s how economic pressure turns into something far more dangerous.
Source: Fox News / Writer: Val
🇮🇱🇸🇾 Israeli Minister Amichai Chikli on Syria:
"Syria is Gaza on steroids, and that is the next war, with absolute certainty.
There is no avoiding it."
Is there any country in the Middle East that the Israelis haven't threatened with war?
Writer: Samuel
As a man who has touched big money in the past, when i faced financial issues, I told myself it's not a big deal that I will eventually bounce back. Afterall, I have a positive mindset.
It's been two years now, i never still bounce back 😂
At the end of the day, every man with his strength. Not every man who was once doing well for themselves and later encountered financial difficulties will have that strength, patience and endurance to bounce back after going through that phase for years.
I don't wish a man to fail because most men will never bounce back and nothing hurts more than
"i get am before"
This delegation of Catholic community leaders from across the US came to Israel to walk in the footsteps of their faith, visiting Jerusalem and sacred Christian sites across the country.
Their journey is also one of friendship and solidarity. During their visit, they will hear firsthand about the atrocities of October 7 and deepen their commitment to standing against antisemitism and strengthening the bonds between Christians and Jews.
May their time in Israel be filled with faith, connection, and memories they carry home with them. ❤️
#ChristiansInIsrael #HolyLand #Catholic #ChristianFaith #StandAgainstAntisemitism
🐟🌊 A rare ocean sunfish was spotted in Israel’s Red Sea near Eilat. Usually found in the open ocean, sightings in Israel are exceptionally rare. Another reminder of the remarkable marine life found beneath Israel’s waters. 🇮🇱