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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey holds a press conference at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 8, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. (photo credit: Sedat Suna/Getty Images) DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Netanyahu’s campaign against selling F-35s to Ankara reflects a growing conviction in Jerusalem that Turkey is shaping up to be Israel’s principal long-term challenge. History, Prime Minister Benjamin  Netanyahu  said in a recent Channel 14 interview, “teaches that when one regional power declines, another rises. Our task is to make sure Israel continues rising faster than anyone else.” This explains why Netanyahu launched a public campaign in the US this week against President Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to sell the state-of-the-art  F-35  fighter to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey, the state now furiously jockeying to replace Iran as the region’s dominant power. Indeed, with the sun setting on Iran’s regional hegemony, despite diplomatic mi...

A poster of Benjamin Netanyahu with a message of revenge is carried by a demonstrator appears in front of a huge banner of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as people gather to bid farewell to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Revolution Square on July 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (photo credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, stated on Friday that any attacks on Iranian infrastructure will be met with retaliation, adding that "Israel will not be spared from the response," according to Iranian state media. His comments followed a statement from US President Donald Trump indicating that Washington is considering strikes on Iranian electrical manufacturing facilities, power plants, and desalination plants if tensions escalate.  Zolghadr also referred to Trump as "the world's most hated figure" and criticized remarks he claimed were directed at the Iranian people, according to an...

Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that Tehran was ready for "all-out defense" if Washington betrayed last month's memorandum of understanding, and the war would never end with Iran's surrender. Ghalibaf, speaking during a meeting with Ahmad Muzani, speaker of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, said he had told the US vice president during negotiations that Tehran did not trust Washington and that, in his view, only those prepared for war could negotiate with the United States. The remarks were posted on Ghalibaf's Telegram account.

The IDF located a number of weapons facilities belonging to Hezbollah during recent operations in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon. July 10, 2026. The IDF located a number of weapons facilities belonging to Hezbollah during recent operations in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon, the military said on Friday. Numerous launchers, machine guns, explosive devices, missiles, additional weapons and combat equipment were found in the cache.

US forces have helped facilitate the transit of more than 800 commercial vessels and 380 million barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz since early May, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X/Twitter on Thursday.  The post refuted claims made by Iranian state media that transit through the waterway is permitted only via routes designated by Iran. CLAIM: Iranian state media claims that transit through the Strait of Hormuz is only permitted through routes designated by Iran. ✅ TRUTH: Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. Since early May, U.S. forces have helped facilitate the successful transit of more than 800…  pic.twitter.com/cpnTDBoFEG — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)  July 9, 2026

Newly acquired Polish F-35 Lightning II stealth strike fighters, named 'Husarz' in reference to the Polish "winged hussar" cavalry units, fly in formation accompanied by F-16 jets during a flypast over Westerplatte, as part of the celebratory event dubbed "Welcome to Poland", in Gdansk, Poland, June (photo credit: Bartosz Fatek/REUTERS) Greece has publicly voiced its strongest concern yet over the possibility that the Trump administration could pave the way for Turkey’s return to the  F-35 fighter-jet  program. Advanced American weapons should never be used against fellow  NATO allies , Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Thursday. Greece “would not welcome” Turkey receiving either the F-35 or engines for next-generation Turkish Kaan stealth fighter jets, he said during The Economist’s 30th Annual Government Roundtable in Athens. Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Greece "would not welcome" Turkey receiving either F-35 fighter jets or ...

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the Jerusalem Summit, a conference on antisemitism and Christian support for Israel, at the Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2026. (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS) US Ambassador to Israel  Mike Huckabee  says he’s had no updates on the prospects of a return to the heavy US strikes on Iran seen in the early months of the war, but it won’t “work well” for  Tehran , the ambassador told  The Jerusalem Post  on Thursday. “Decisions [to return to a larger conflict] will be made by the president and by CENTCOM,” Huckabee said. “I usually find out about the time they do it.” He asserted that he had no information about the status of those decisions, and that to make an assessment on the matter would be “pure speculation.” “I wouldn’t be overconfident if I were the Iranians that they will be able to make this work well for them,” Huckabee said