Zelensky Pins Global Diesel Crisis on Hormuz, Not Ukraine's Russia Strikes

🛢️ KYIV — Zelensky is using Hormuz to win an argument with Trump. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Trump blaming Ukraine's refinery strikes for diesel prices and threatening Zelensky's removal, this reframe shifts culpability to Iran — and implicitly to Washington's failure to reopen Hormuz. It's a survival move: if markets agree, Kyiv's bombing campaign loses its role as scapegoat. The diesel deal Trump announced now looks doubly hollow.

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Netanyahu Declares Iran's Regime Elimination a "Historic Opportunity"

🎖️ TEL AVIV — Netanyahu calls for regime elimination as he loses power. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Netanyahu publicly naming Trump as partner in eliminating Iran's regime — on election night where he's trailing — is a farewell pressure move, not policy. He's boxing Eisenkot in: the incoming PM now

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Iran's IRGC Orders Media to Prepare Public for US Nuclear Strike on Pickaxe Site

📺 TEHRAN — The IRGC is telling Iranians to expect a US nuclear strike — before one is threatened. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Directing state media to prime the public for a nuclear strike on Pickaxe serves two simultaneous functions: domestic legitimation of whatever response follows, and a signal to Washington that Tehran has already

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Eisenkot Claims Exit Poll Mandate, Signals Break From Netanyahu's Strike Posture

🗳️ TEL AVIV — The man inheriting Epic Fury is already framing it as a rejection of Netanyahu. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Eisenkot's "lack of confidence" framing isn't concession talk — it's a pre-coalition signal. He's telling Washington he has a mandate to diverge

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Israeli Election Exit Polls Show No Clear Winner

🗳️ TEL AVIV — No majority: Epic Fury's co-signatory is now an open question. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: No majority means coalition talks lasting days or weeks — landing squarely inside the November 3 window. Washington cannot confirm its Israeli counterpart for joint strike authorization. If Eisenkot leads without a mandate, he

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Netanyahu Declares Iran's Regime Elimination a "Historic Opportunity"

Iran's IRGC Orders Media to Prepare Public for US Nuclear Strike on Pickaxe Site

Eisenkot Claims Exit Poll Mandate, Signals Break From Netanyahu's Strike Posture

Israeli Election Exit Polls Show No Clear Winner