Netanyahu evokes US non-bombing of Auschwitz in 1944!

Messages do not get much stronger than that given by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a speech in Washington DC last evening, one report of which from Israel may be read here.

A report from the Jerusalem Post is linked here with its video herewith:

Iran warns against buying US$ for hoarding, hikes own rates to 21%.

Reuters has the full report, linked here, on the growing tensions in the Gulf, this time concentrating on the financial implications.

US Nuclear Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, HMS Argyll and a French vessel enter Hormuz

Quoin Island received a large naval bypass yesterday to demonstrate the West's determination to ensure freedom of navigation as their Foreign Ministers are set to meet today to define oil sanctions against Iran.