While Trump hasn't made a final decision, officials say an escalation could come in the coming days.

Source: Axios

The request follows unsuccessful talks over transferring entire Patriot batteries.

Ukrainian officials believe some of the 23-year-old missiles may be nearing the end of their service lives but could still be usable.

One proposal would see Greece sell the missiles to Norway, which would then transfer them to Ukraine. Athens has given no indication it will agree.

Source: Kathimerini

I did not like Trump's request for a pardon for Netanyahu.

I think it was inappropriate interference.

I very much hope that he does not take sides in Israeli politics.

He can express endless appreciation for Netanyahu—that's perfectly fine.

He certainly should not become involved in the elections themselves.

A reality in which Israel annexes 2.8 million Palestinians would pose a severe threat to the Zionist project.

My position is based on one simple question: What keeps the State of Israel a Jewish state with a solid Jewish majority—strong, democratic, and liberal? From that principle, I derive my policies.

Iran is a country eighty times the size of Israel, with around 92 million people.

Anyone who believed the Iranian regime could be replaced by military force was detached from reality, unfamiliar with history, and unfamiliar with Iran itself.

Of course, I wished for that cruel regime to disappear. But believing that it could be replaced by installing one individual, or with a few thousand Kurdish fighters, is completely unrealistic.

We must do everything possible to prevent Iran from becoming another North Korea.

If Iran becomes another North Korea, it would be a massive failure for Israel, for the region, and for the world.

I believe the Iranians have come out of this conflict convinced that they must obtain nuclear capability to prevent what has happened to them over the last two years.

They are a sophisticated adversary, and we need to confront them with equally sophisticated and determined measures.

If U.S. attacks continue over the next two to three days, the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will move beyond the stage of deterrence and retaliation and enter the phase of “offense and complete destruction,” such that U.S. bases and soldiers beyond political borders will be pursued and directly targeted.

The United States should know that the attritional strategy of “war and negotiation” has reached a dead end, and in the coming days, the intensity of Iran’s attacks will increase.