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Residents are divided between supporting and opposing the US and Israeli war against Iran, amid fears for loved ones.

The Iran-Israel War: Possible Iranian-Orchestrated Attacks on Israeli and Jewish Targets  The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

Iran leadership: who is dead and alive after US-Israel strikes?  The New Arab

Cuts to healthcare, education and science could have been prevented by halting the allocation of billions in coalition funds to ultra-Orthodox schools, says Berl Katznelson Center The post ‘Cynicism on steroids’: Experts pan budget cuts in wake of coalition fund increase appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Donald Trump calls on allies to ‘get a grip’ and help reopen Strait of Hormuz  The Jerusalem Post

Tehran has warned it will target Gulf oil and gas facilities following Israel's strike on South Pars.

The Iran war disrupts global helium supply and artificial intelligence chipmakers  Scientific American

DUBAI, March 18 (Reuters) - Facilities belonging to Iran's oil industry in South Pars and Asaluyeh were attacked on Wednesday, Iranian state media said, prompting Tehran to warn that it would target energy installations across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Oil prices jumped on the news, with Brent crude futures gaining more than 6% to a session high just shy of $110 per barrel. Analysts have warned that any attack in South Pars would raise the possibility of retaliatory attacks by Iran on Gulf energy facilities including those belonging to oil majors in Qatar.

The law, passed in 1920, aims to protect the American shipping sector

Israel says it killed Iran’s intelligence minister in overnight strike  The Washington Post

Iranian president confirms Israeli assassination of Iran's intelligence minister Iranian President Mazoud Pezeshkian has confirmed the death of the country’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib. Khatib was killed in an Israeli strike overnight, which the president called a “cowardly assassination” in a statement to X.  Iran’s top security official and defence minister have also been confirmed dead as a result of Israeli strikes.

Oil prices hit nearly $110 as Iran vows to escalate the war in ‘new ways’  Fortune

Trump should have planned more before starting the war with Iran  Houston Chronicle

As Israel fights the war, what kind of country is it becoming? Prof. Dan Ben-David of Tel Aviv University talks about the allocation of 5 billion shekels to the Haredi sector. The post War with Iran and 5 billion Shekel to Haredim appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The Iran War is Causing Energy Chaos in Asia  Council on Foreign Relations

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Star Bulk ship hit by Iran makes it through Strait of Hormuz  Tradewinds News

As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it will temporarily waive maritime shipping requirements under a more than century-old law known as the Jones Act

Trump and Netanyahu now allow that their confidence in the Iranian people rising up when the bombings stop may be misplaced. But they cannot end this war without the removal of Iran's uranium stockpile, and a commitment to keep returning until the regime is gone The post Regimes are ousted from within, but the US and Israel must not let up until that happens in Iran appeared first on The Times of Israel.