Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett:

Here’s how it works: if you allow a threat to grow and grow, at some point it becomes so big that you can’t manage it anymore.

Like North Korea, where the world did not act — and now no one can eliminate those nuclear weapons.

Alan Dershowitz:

Had Trump been in charge in 1936, I think the Holocaust would have been prevented.

I think he would have gone after Nazi Germany; he would have destroyed it the way he is destroying Nazi Iran.

BREAKING: The Pentagon plans to deploy about 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East.

Officials say no decision has been made on sending ground forces into Iran.

Source: WSJ

Trump voted by mail in a Florida special election this week, despite continuing to claim that mail-in voting is “cheating.”

Source: Reuters

Trump’s approval rating dropped to 36% (a new low) in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, down from 40% last week.

The Israeli government will approve a plan allowing the IDF to mobilize up to 400,000 reservists through the end of May.

Source: Amit Segal

Volkswagen is in talks with Rafael to convert its Osnabrück factory from car production to manufacturing components for the Iron Dome.

Source: FT

The Royal Navy will lead efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

A UK–France plan aims to secure merchant shipping, but will require U.S. support.

Source: The Times

The U.S. and regional mediators are exploring high-level peace talks with Iran as soon as Thursday, but are still waiting for Tehran’s response.

Trump wants to wind down the war, though tensions remain high.

Israel is wary Trump could strike a deal that falls short of its goals and limits its military options.

Source: Axios

Even senior Trump officials knew little about outreach to Iran. Witkoff and Kushner reportedly dealt directly with Trump, with few others in the know.

Source: Axios

IDF:

A missile launched from Iran fell in Beirut today.

Israel’s military says Hezbollah now has about 11,000–13,000 missiles, far fewer than before Oct. 7, 2023.

Officials estimate this is roughly one-sixth of its previous arsenal, which had been as high as 75,000.

Source: WSJ

Trump:

You can tell a lot about a person by their ears, right?

Trump on Markwayne Mullin:

As the only Native American—I didn't know that. Huh? Let me look at you. Uhh, I think that's alright.

Trump on Iran:

We are having a tremendous success in Iran.

Trump on Iran:

We are talking to the right people, and they want to make a deal so badly—you have no idea how badly they want to make a deal.

Trump:

The Democrats are thugs.

Trump on Iran:

We are in negotiations with Iran, as it turns out right now.

They are doing it along with Marco, JD, and other people.

The other side wants to make a deal—and who wouldn’t?

Trump on Iran:

Pretty much everything they have is gone. Can you name one thing that is not gone?

If you read the papers, you would think we are tied. We are roaming free over Tehran, and we can do whatever we want.

Trump on Iran:

They have agreed they will never have a nuclear weapon; they have agreed to that.

Trump on Iran:

They shot 100 missiles at USS Abraham Lincoln, and every single one was knocked down on the sea.