The Persian Gulf Strait Authority said Thursday the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran's conditions are accepted. [1] CNN said traffic remains low as the world burns through oil stockpiles. [2] Iran contradicted Trump's control claim again. [3]
The paper's Wednesday lead recorded that Trump said America may keep Hormuz. Thursday answers with blocked, not a booking note.
Keep it and blocked cannot share a fixture.

-- YOSEF STERN, Jerusalem