“The emerging agreement calls for ships to enter the Persian Gulf through an Iranian-controlled route and exit through a route controlled by Oman” …
- Iran and Oman Are Working on a Plan to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Other Mideast Developments (AP)
… and the U.S. is fine with it as a “temporary measure” …
- Report: U.S. Officials Back Plan for Iran & Oman to Split Control of Hormuz (Maritime Executive)
… but “the secretary of Iran’s parliamentary National Security Committee, dismissed US proposals, saying, ‘The Americans have proven time and again that they cannot be trusted’:
- Iran Says It Will Delay Hormuz Deal With Oman over President Trump’s Military Threats (The Media Line)
How many Americans have died or been wounded in the war on Iran?
- The Pentagon Found a New Way to Undercount U.S. Casualties in Iran (The Intercept)
- New Data Reveals How U.S. Troops Were Injured in Iran War (Here and Now / WBUR)
Israeli war crimes continue:
- Israel Kills 4 More Palestinians in Gaza as Death Toll Reaches 73,381 (Andalu Ajansi)
- Jerusalem’s Most Important Muslim Religious Site Facing ‘Imminent’ Threat of Israeli Takeover, Says Jordan (The Guardian)
- Photos: Thousands in Gaza City Join Mass Funeral for 112 Palestinians (Aljazeera)
“[N]on-Muslim actors—far-right extremists and white supremacists—are the major source of terrorism and violent events”, yet “violent acts committed by offenders perceived to be Muslim receives substantially more media coverage”:
“This hearing, which appears to be outside the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, comes mere months after Texas GOP strategist Vinny Minchillo described anti-Muslim messaging as ‘solid gold’ with voters“:
Communications showing leaked “confidential information to officials in the Israeli government come from a hacked database of emails from … Israel’s permanent representative to the UN from 2011 to 2015”:
“We always seem in a hurry to get things done. They operate under the premise that time serves their interests more than ours” — Dennis Ross, a veteran of Middle East diplomacy who served presidents of both parties:
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