Israel is using Greece to advance its regional goals and will exploit its fears, UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese said.

“You think that you have chosen Israel… I don’t think so,” she said. “Israel has chosen you, and it’s going to exploit your fears and your insecurity.”

Source: Al Jazeera

French President Macron:

We are experiencing the cost of our overdependencies when we speak about the American umbrella in terms of defense and security.

Let’s be honest, this is the elephant in the room.

Keir Starmer:

Some of the alliances that we have come to rely on are not in the place we would want them to be.

There is more tension in the alliances than there should be.

Zelensky:

Russia has announced a May 9 parade in Moscow without military equipment; if that happens, it will be the first time in many, many years...

They cannot afford military equipment and they fear drones may burst over Red Square.

This is telling — it shows they are not strong now.

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

It’s my strong personal view that the international order will be rebuilt — but it will be rebuilt out of Europe.

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

The world is undergoing a rupture across several dimensions — in technology, in energy, in commerce and geopolitics.

Integration is being used as a weapon by some, and the rules are not constraining the hegemons.

NEW: Iran's Fars says Iran fired two missiles at a U.S. Navy vessel near the Strait of Hormuz after it ignored Iranian warnings.

The ship was reportedly damaged and forced to retreat.

Trump has grown frustrated with the “no deal, no war” stalemate with Iran and is pushing for more decisive action in the Strait of Hormuz.

As one official put it, “The president wants action… He wants pressure. He wants a deal.”

Source: Axios

French President Macron:

We are trusted by the U.S., but we are respected and trusted by the Iranians.

A senior U.S. official denies that a U.S. ship was hit by Iranian missiles.

Source: Axios

CENTCOM:

No U.S. Navy ships have been struck. U.S. forces are supporting Project Freedom and enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports.

The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned an Iranian drone attack on an ADNOC-linked tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.

Two drones hit the vessel, but no injuries were reported.

BIG: U.S. official says the rules of engagement for U.S. forces in the region have been changed, and they were authorized to strike immediate threats against ships that cross the strait, like IRGC fast boats or Iranian missile positions.

Source: Barak Ravid

Armenia's PM Pashinyan:

Now we have peace with Azerbaijan.

It is already two years that we have had no casualties… unprecedented since our independence.

This is the first time when the President of Azerbaijan is participating in an event taking place in Armenia… but online...

Hopefully, I will have the opportunity to visit Azerbaijan in 2028.

French President Macron:

We will probably experience the cost of our dependencies vis-à-vis China. No doubt.

One major risk is an acceleration of confrontation between China and the U.S.

French President Macron:

Europe decided to wake up and not depend on any big power.