Iran Now Charges Tolls on Cables After Ships and Oil
Hormuz is now a three-layer regime: cargo insurance, transit certificates, and fiber-optic tolls — with Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon as the eventual counterparties.
Yosef Stern
Bureau: Jerusalem
The Gaza Flotilla Interception Brings Italy's Use-of-Force Letter
Four hundred twenty-eight detainees, more than forty countries, and the Italian foreign minister demands a use-of-force review — Cyprus notification is still publicly missing.
Alcatel Stopped Repairing Cables Six Weeks Ago And Iran Asked For A Toll
The world's largest cable-laying company filed force majeure six weeks ago and Iran's military command spokesperson posted the toll list — the third face of the Hormuz regime is digital.
Ten Mines Eighty-Eight Vessels And A Two-Day Deadline
CBS says at least ten Maham limpets are in the strait, CENTCOM updated the redirected count to 88 on Tuesday, and the president gave talks two more days.
Lebanons Three-Thousand-Dead Ceasefire Is Still A Ceasefire
Lebanese officials say a US-brokered ceasefire has produced more than 3,000 dead, and the agreement Washington still calls a ceasefire continues to hold the name.
UN Experts Demand Immediate Release Of Flotilla Detainees
Independent UN human-rights experts say Israel must release the Gaza-bound flotilla activists held at Ashdod.
The Gulf-Allies Veto That No Gulf Ally Has Claimed
Trump said Riyadh and Abu Dhabi asked him to postpone Iran strikes; no Gulf government source has publicly claimed the request.
The Marmaris-To-Cyprus Chain Is The Flotilla's Missing Notification
The departure record is documented, the interception record is documented, and the Cyprus notification document is still missing.