"If you want the war to continue — $5 trillion. If you want it to stop — $2.5 trillion," he reported, citing leaks from the GCC states.

"This war has shown the limitations of American power. The American people do not want this war. And so it's very possible that America is forced to withdraw from the Middle East," Jiang said.

💬 “[Netanyahu] talked about a long-term vision where oil doesn’t only flow through the Strait of Hormuz, but through pipelines that cross overland and end on the Israeli coast in the Mediterranean,” NBC reporter Richard Engel said, referring to the latest speech of the Israeli PM.

💬 “So, things are spiraling out of control… There really is no more off-ramp, the sides are committed to a long war of attrition, and the consequences for the entire global economy are quite dire.”

💬 “If you look at videos coming out of Israel, there are rabbis going around saying that 'this war in the Middle East, even though it's destroying Tel Aviv, it's good for us because this will lead to the coming of our Messiah,'” says the scholar.