\n
1. ISRAEL BOARDED CIVILIAN VESSELS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS NEAR GREECE. TURKEY CALLED IT PIRACY.<\/h3>\n
In the early hours of Thursday morning, the Israeli Navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, approximately 45 nautical miles west of the Greek island of Kythira \u2014 more than 1,000 kilometers from Israel and roughly 600 nautical miles from Gaza. The flotilla had been at sea for 18 days. It was nowhere near Israeli territorial waters. An Israeli military source confirmed to Israeli media that the operation was designed to \u201csurprise the flotilla by striking so far from Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n
![](\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1728580180788-f2c6bcb926b6?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzN3x8Z2F6YXxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Nzc1NDgzOTh8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080\")
<\/div>\nThe interception began at 18:43 UTC on Wednesday evening, when flotilla vessels received a radio warning on the international emergency channel \u2014 Channel 16, the frequency reserved for distress calls and safety communications \u2014 from a sender identifying themselves as the Israeli Navy and demanding that the flotilla change course. What followed was not a warning. Israeli military speedboats surrounded the vessels. Personnel pointed lasers and semi-automatic assault weapons at activists on deck, ordering them to move to the front of the boats and get on their hands and knees. Israeli forces then boarded multiple vessels, damaged engines, and disabled communications equipment. The Global Navigation Satellite System was jammed. VHF maritime emergency channels were jammed. The Iridium satellite communication band was jammed. At sea, in the dark, with a storm approaching.<\/p>\n
The scale of the interception is still being confirmed as this edition goes to publication. Figures from different sources reflect the operation\u2019s continuing pace overnight: the Israeli Army Radio, citing an unnamed military source, confirmed seven vessels seized near Kythira. The flotilla reported losing contact with 11 vessels and described 15 as having been boarded. The Israeli Foreign Ministry subsequently said forces had detained 175 people from more than 20 boats. Al Jazeera\u2019s most recent count: 22 of 58 vessels captured, 36 still sailing. The number is moving.<\/p>\n
The flotilla carried 345 participants from 39 countries \u2014 activists, journalists, medical professionals, and humanitarian workers. The Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise was among the fleet. The flotilla departed Barcelona on April 12, picked up additional vessels in Sicily on April 23, and departed Sunday with more than 60 boats. Organizers had said this was the largest civilian maritime humanitarian mission in history aimed at breaking Israel\u2019s blockade of Gaza. One participant described the scene to Al Jazeera from inside a vessel during the interception: Israeli military boats had \u201cillegally surrounded the flotilla in international waters,\u201d with personnel pointing weapons at those on board. The flotilla\u2019s communications were jammed \u2014 at one point, activists reported, Israeli forces jammed radio channels by playing music over them. \u201cSome sort of psychological warfare tactic,\u201d one participant said.<\/p>\n
This operation took place in international waters, in the Greek search and rescue zone, hundreds of miles from any Israeli territorial claim. It took place in waters that Greece is responsible for under international maritime law. The Greek Coast Guard did not respond. Greece\u2019s foreign ministry has not commented as of publication. Activists in Athens announced a protest rally outside the Greek foreign ministry on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The international reaction was fast and pointed. Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry issued a formal statement calling the interception \u201can act of piracy\u201d \u2014 a specific legal term under international maritime law that triggers obligations on signatory states. \u201cBy targeting the Global Sumud Flotilla, whose mission is to draw attention to the humanitarian catastrophe faced by the innocent people of Gaza, Israel has also violated humanitarian principles and international law,\u201d the statement said. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke by phone with his Spanish counterpart Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares. The flotilla\u2019s spokesperson Gur Tsabar called it \u201ca straight-up attack on unarmed civilian boats in international waters.\u201d Amnesty International called on all governments to act immediately. The Israeli government has described the flotilla as a \u201cpolitical provocation\u201d with alleged ties to Hamas \u2014 a characterization the organization has consistently rejected.<\/p>\n
This is the second time Israel has intercepted a Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. In October 2025, Israeli forces boarded approximately 40 boats, detained more than 450 activists \u2014 including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and European Parliament Member Rima Hassan \u2014 and, according to multiple participants, subjected detainees to physical and psychological abuse in custody. Israeli authorities denied those allegations. The detained activists were subsequently deported to their home countries. The pattern has now repeated, at even greater distance from Israel\u2019s territory, with even more vessels and more participants.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf0d TRANSLATOR\u2019S NOTE:<\/strong> Al Jazeera led its Thursday morning coverage with the flotilla interception above every other story \u2014 above Brent at $126, above the War Powers deadline, above the Senate hearing. Its framing was unambiguous: an illegal military operation against unarmed civilians in international waters, conducted using communications jamming that endangered lives at sea. Euronews, the European multilingual broadcaster, covered the interception prominently with the Spain angle foregrounded \u2014 the flotilla departed Barcelona, and Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan called his Spanish counterpart Albares directly to demand a unified international response. That call matters: Spain has legal and diplomatic standing in this story that Greece, whose waters the interception occurred in, has conspicuously declined to exercise. Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon provided the Israeli counter-framing, telling the UN Security Council that Israeli soldiers had acted \u201cwith professionalism and determination\u201d in stopping what he called a \u201cprovocative flotilla\u201d before it reached Israeli waters. What he did not address \u2014 and what international coverage is pressing on \u2014 is that the flotilla was not near Israeli waters. It was near Greek waters. The international story is not just what Israel did. It is which governments are responding, which are silent, and what that silence means for the principle of freedom of navigation in European maritime zones.<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WHAT AMERICAN READERS NEED TO KNOW:<\/strong> American citizens were almost certainly among the 345 participants on those boats. The flotilla carried activists from 39 countries. Israel boarded civilian vessels in the Mediterranean Sea \u2014 farther from its territory than Washington, DC is from Miami \u2014 and jammed emergency maritime communications while doing it. The United States has not commented. Greece has not commented. The vessels were in waters under Greek search and rescue jurisdiction. Under international maritime law, Turkey\u2019s characterization of the operation as piracy is not rhetorical. It is a legal claim that carries specific obligations. None of the governments with those obligations have so far met them.<\/p>\n Sources: <\/em>Greenpeace International<\/a><\/em> (primary \u2014 Arctic Sunrise crew reporting, jamming timeline, confirmed this session); <\/em>Al Jazeera<\/a><\/em> (Qatar, state-funded\/editorially independent \u2014 weapons\/lasers detail, 22 vessels captured, Ra\u2019ouf testimony, Barton reporting from Amman, confirmed this session); <\/em>Euronews<\/a><\/em> (European, broadly centrist \u2014 Danon UN counter-framing, Israeli foreign ministry 175 detained figure, October 2025 context, confirmed this session); <\/em>NPR via AP<\/a><\/em> (wire \u2014 Turkey piracy statement, Fidan-Albares call, Barcelona origin, confirmed this session); <\/em>KPBS via AP<\/a><\/em> (wire \u2014 Greek protest, Crete location, October 2025 context, confirmed this session); <\/em>T\u00fcrkiye Today via AA<\/a><\/em> (Turkey \u2014 Turkish FM statement verbatim, 39 countries\/345 participants, confirmed this session); <\/em>Novara Media<\/a><\/em> (UK, left-leaning \u2014 Lamont video testimony, 500 nautical miles framing, labeled \u2014 confirmed this session)<\/em><\/p>\n Brent crude surged above $126 per barrel overnight \u2014 a new wartime high, the highest level since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 \u2014 after President Trump formally rejected Iran\u2019s diplomatic proposal and confirmed the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect until Iran agrees to dismantle its nuclear program. By Thursday morning, as the June futures contract expired and trading volume shifted to the July contract, the front-month price had settled around $122. The directional signal is unchanged. Oil has risen on nine of the past ten sessions. It has gained 85 percent year-on-year.<\/p>\n The Trump quote that moved markets was given to Axios on Wednesday: \u201cThe blockade is somewhat more effective than the bombing. They are choking like a stuffed pig, and it is going to be worse for them. They can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon.\u201d CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper provided the operational picture the same day: US forces have turned back 42 commercial vessels attempting to enter or exit Iranian ports, and 41 tankers carrying an estimated 69 million barrels of oil are stranded \u2014 oil Iran cannot sell, worth more than $6 billion at current prices. \u201cThe blockade is highly effective and US forces remain fully committed to total enforcement,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n Gas at the pump reached $4.23 per gallon nationally on Wednesday \u2014 up five cents from the prior day, 21 cents from last week, and 25 cents from last month, per Forbes. That 21-cent weekly increase is the sharpest single-week jump in the national average since the war began. The pump price has not yet caught up to Brent\u2019s surge above $126. The two-to-three-week lag between crude and retail means what trades at $126 today arrives at the station in mid-May. Gas was $2.98 when the war began on February 28. The trajectory since that date has been interrupted only by the brief ceasefire rally \u2014 which lasted days before the diplomacy collapsed. Gas has now risen 42 percent in 61 days.<\/p>\n Tomorrow is Friday May 1 \u2014 the War Powers deadline. The administration has filed nothing: no authorization request, no 30-day extension certification, no supplemental appropriations. It has confirmed an indefinite blockade that will extend the war\u2019s duration and its economic cost to American households. The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Hegseth is underway this morning \u2014 the second consecutive day of congressional testimony that the administration has spent two months avoiding. Pakistan\u2019s mediators are awaiting Iran\u2019s revised diplomatic proposal, which could arrive by Friday per CNN and Pakistan\u2019s Express Tribune, both citing sources familiar with the mediation process. Iran\u2019s oil minister on Wednesday urged Iranians to cut domestic energy consumption \u2014 a signal that the economic pressure of the blockade is being felt internally. Trump also told CNN on Wednesday that the wars in Iran and Ukraine could end \u201con a similar timetable\u201d \u2014 his first public linkage of the two conflicts\u2019 resolution \u2014 made after a direct conversation with Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n The Asian economic picture adds the global dimension to what American readers feel at the pump. Before the war, 80 percent of the crude and gas that flowed through the Strait of Hormuz was headed to Asia. South Korea is now diversifying its energy supply away from Hormuz, increasing imports from the US, Algeria, Oman, and elsewhere. Indonesia \u2014 the world\u2019s largest nickel producer \u2014 is trimming output due to sulfur shortages caused by the strait\u2019s closure. Qantas, Air New Zealand, Vietnam Airlines, and AirAsia have already cut flights as jet fuel more than doubles in price. The IEA has called the disruption the largest energy supply shock on record. Every week the strait stays closed, the pressure on every economy that touches global energy markets increases.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf0d TRANSLATOR\u2019S NOTE:<\/strong> Bloomberg, Reuters, and Euronews all led their Thursday morning markets coverage with Brent at $126 as the single defining development \u2014 framing it not as a trading event but as a consequence of a deliberate policy decision confirmed by the US president\u2019s own words. The \u201cchoking like a stuffed pig\u201d quote was widely reproduced in international coverage, including in Gulf media, as evidence of the administration\u2019s posture toward a country whose economy it is openly strangling. Euronews specifically noted the contrast between the June contract expiry mechanics and the underlying market reality \u2014 the July contract is also elevated, meaning the $126 spike was not merely technical. The Asian media coverage, confirmed this session through CNN\u2019s international desk, framed the economic impact on the region as a crisis without a floor: every day the strait stays closed costs Asian economies more than the day before.<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WHAT AMERICAN READERS NEED TO KNOW:<\/strong> Gas is $4.23 today. It was $2.98 sixty-one days ago. The blockade that is driving this price is now explicitly indefinite. The administration has not sought congressional authorization, has not sought appropriations, and has not proposed a diplomatic framework with an American participant. The May 1 War Powers deadline is tomorrow. The pump price will keep climbing until the strait reopens. The strait will not reopen until there is a deal. There is no deal. There are no talks with an American in the room.<\/p>\n Sources: <\/em>CNN live blog<\/a><\/em> (US confirmation \u2014 Brent $126 surge, Trump Axios quote, CENTCOM Cooper statement, Trump-Putin timetable linkage, Iran oil minister, Asian economic impact, confirmed this session); <\/em>Euronews<\/a><\/em> (European, broadly centrist \u2014 June\/July contract mechanics, highest since Ukraine 2022, confirmed this session); <\/em>CNBC<\/a><\/em> (markets \u2014 Trump Axios quote verbatim, Brent $118 Wednesday close, confirmed this session); <\/em>Forbes<\/a><\/em> (US business \u2014 $4.23\/gallon, daily\/weekly\/monthly change, confirmed this session); <\/em>Express Tribune<\/a><\/em> (Pakistan, editorially independent \u2014 Pakistan awaiting revised proposal by Friday, Sharif cabinet remarks, confirmed this session)<\/em><\/p>\n On Wednesday, President Trump told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that the wars in Iran and Ukraine could end \u201con a similar timetable.\u201d \u201cWhich war would end first? Maybe they\u2019re on a similar timetable,\u201d Trump said. He made the remark after disclosing he had spoken directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was the first time Trump has publicly connected the resolution of both conflicts, and it was not accidental \u2014 it followed a conversation with the one leader who has a stake in how both end.<\/p>\n The significance runs in several directions simultaneously. Russia has been the most active external diplomatic actor in the Iran war \u2014 offering to take custody of Iran\u2019s enriched uranium as a Phase 3 settlement mechanism, declaring Iran has an \u201cinalienable right\u201d to enrich, and providing Putin\u2019s explicit backing to Araghchi in their St. Petersburg meeting. At the same time, Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine has continued without a diplomatic resolution, with US-brokered peace efforts stalled since Washington\u2019s attention shifted to Iran in February. Trump linking the two timelines suggests he is thinking about them as a package \u2014 a grand bargain in which progress on one front is traded for progress on the other, with Putin as the common counterparty.<\/p>\n The architecture of such a bargain is worth examining carefully, because it tells the rest of the world something about what may actually be negotiated versus what is being publicly stated. The US has said publicly that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon and that the blockade continues until nuclear terms are met. Privately, via Pakistan and Oman, a revised Iranian proposal is expected by Friday \u2014 one that Iran\u2019s foreign minister, after consultations in Islamabad, Muscat, St. Petersburg, and back, has apparently redesigned around the feedback from all those meetings. If Russia is a co-guarantor of a Phase 3 nuclear arrangement \u2014 warehousing Iran\u2019s enriched uranium, providing the technical infrastructure for a monitored civilian program \u2014 then the deal that ends the Iran war may involve giving Putin something on Ukraine in return. That is speculation grounded in Trump\u2019s own public statement. It is not confirmed. But it is the reading that every chancellery in Europe and every analyst in the Gulf is running this morning.<\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told his cabinet Wednesday that he had spoken directly with Araghchi, who assured him that \u201cafter consultations with the leadership, a response would be given as soon as possible.\u201d The Express Tribune, citing Pakistani government sources, reported Pakistan is awaiting a revised Iranian proposal that could arrive by Friday \u2014 the same day as the War Powers deadline and the same day Trump\u2019s words about Iran and Ukraine timelines are reverberating through diplomatic channels. The convergence of those three things on a single day \u2014 the legal deadline, the revised proposal, and the public Trump-Putin linkage \u2014 is either coincidence or architecture. International diplomatic correspondents are not treating it as coincidence.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf0d TRANSLATOR\u2019S NOTE:<\/strong> The Trump-Putin call and the timetable linkage received more analytical attention in international media than in US domestic coverage, where it was reported as a sidebar to the War Powers and flotilla stories. Al Jazeera\u2019s diplomatic correspondent framed it as Trump effectively signaling to Moscow that Ukraine\u2019s fate and Iran\u2019s fate are negotiable together \u2014 a reading that European capitals, who have a direct stake in the Ukraine outcome, are tracking with considerable alarm. The Express Tribune \u2014 Pakistan\u2019s most authoritative English-language outlet, with direct sourcing on the mediation process \u2014 framed the Friday proposal timing as the critical near-term test of whether the diplomatic channel that Pakistan has kept alive will produce something the US can engage with. If Tehran\u2019s revised proposal addresses the nuclear sequencing concern that caused Trump to reject the first one, the May 1 War Powers deadline and the revised proposal could arrive on the same day \u2014 creating either a diplomatic opening or a collision.<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 WHAT AMERICAN READERS NEED TO KNOW:<\/strong> Trump told the world Wednesday that the Iran and Ukraine wars might end together, after talking to Putin. That is not a statement about two separate conflicts. It is a statement about a potential deal in which both are resolved as part of a larger arrangement \u2014 one in which Russia plays a central role. European allies, who have been funding Ukraine\u2019s defense on the assumption that American policy is to end Russia\u2019s war on Ukrainian terms, are watching that statement very carefully. Americans should know their president may be trading Ukraine\u2019s future for a nuclear deal with Iran, in a conversation that was disclosed not through a diplomatic readout but through a passing remark to a cable news anchor.<\/p>\n Sources: <\/em>CNN live blog<\/a><\/em> (US confirmation \u2014 Trump-Putin timetable quote to Kaitlan Collins, confirmed this session); <\/em>Express Tribune<\/a><\/em> (Pakistan, editorially independent \u2014 Sharif cabinet briefing, Araghchi phone call, Friday proposal timeline, backchannels active, confirmed this session); <\/em>Al Jazeera<\/a><\/em> (Qatar, state-funded\/editorially independent \u2014 diplomatic framing, confirmed this session)<\/em><\/p>\n ALSO DEVELOPING \u2014 THE SUPREME COURT GUTTED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT<\/strong><\/p>\n On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision along partisan lines in Louisiana v. Callais<\/em>, effectively dismantling Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 \u2014 the provision that protected minority communities\u2019 ability to elect representatives of their choice. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito struck down a Louisiana congressional map that had created a second majority-Black district, ruling it an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan warned the decision \u201cwill set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity.\u201d Election law professor Richard Hasen of UCLA called it \u201cthe most hostile Supreme Court decision to voting rights in at least a century\u201d and one of the most damaging rulings of the modern era. The practical consequence: Republican-controlled states will be free to redraw maps eliminating majority-minority districts before 2028, with potential downstream effects on 70 or more congressional seats.<\/p>\n ROTWR will publish a full Special Report on this ruling this Saturday, May 2 \u2014 examining the decision\u2019s architecture against the electoral protection systems of France, Germany, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and other developed democracies where independent bodies draw electoral boundaries specifically to prevent the kind of partisan and racial manipulation the Supreme Court has now sanctioned. The comparative picture is striking. The Kagan dissent is the through-line. The 2026 midterms and the 2030 redistricting cycle are the stakes.<\/p>\n Sources: <\/em>NPR<\/a><\/em> (US \u2014 ruling confirmed, Kagan dissent quote, confirmed this session); <\/em>CNN<\/a><\/em> (US confirmation \u2014 70 seat redistricting estimate, Roberts position, 2028 implications, confirmed this session); <\/em>Slate<\/a><\/em> (US, centre-left \u2014 Hasen analysis, \u201cworst decision in a century\u201d framing, confirmed this session \u2014 labeled)<\/em><\/p>\n WAR DAY 61 | NUMBERS AT PUBLICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 Iran:<\/strong> 3,636+ killed (HRANA floor estimate \u2014 1,701 civilians, 1,221 military, 714 unclassified; FROZEN since Day 38\/April 7<\/strong>; no updated HRANA report confirmed this session) \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde7 Lebanon:<\/strong> At least 2,521 killed, 7,800+ wounded (Lebanon Health Ministry \u2014 last confirmed April 28; no updated figure confirmed this session) \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 Israel:<\/strong> At least 28 killed (Al Jazeera live tracker \u2014 last confirmed Day 44; 40 per INSS, an Israeli think tank, awaiting confirmation from primary source) \ud83c\udf0d Gulf states:<\/strong> At least 28 killed in Iran-attributed attacks (Al Jazeera live tracker \u2014 last confirmed Day 44; not updated this session) \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 US military:<\/strong> 13 deaths confirmed (CENTCOM \u2014 unchanged) \ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Brent crude:<\/strong> $116.30\/barrel at publication (OilPrice, confirmed by editor) \u2014 surged above $126 overnight, new wartime high, highest since June 2022; pullback reflects June contract expiry and shift to July futures (CNN\/Euronews, confirmed this session) \u26fd US gas:<\/strong> $4.23\/gallon regular (Forbes, April 29 \u2014 up $0.05 from prior day, $0.21 from last week, $0.25 from last month) \ud83d\udcc8 US markets:<\/strong> Not yet open at publication<\/p>\n Sourcing note: Iran civilian casualties sourced to HRANA (US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency), which relies on a network of activists inside Iran and represents a floor estimate. AP is running a separate figure of 3,375 reflecting a different methodology. ROTWR continues to use the HRANA floor estimate per locked methodology. Israel figure: Al Jazeera live tracker last confirmed Day 44 at 28; INSS (Israeli think tank, Tel Aviv University) now counts 40 including 16 military \u2014 discrepancy flagged, awaiting primary source confirmation. Methodology differs between all sources; figures should not be treated as directly comparable.<\/em><\/p>\n WATCH LIST<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34 May 1 War Powers deadline \u2014 tomorrow, Friday.<\/strong> Calendar verified: tomorrow is Friday May 1. The administration has filed nothing. A sixth War Powers vote is expected. Watch for any White House written certification, any AUMF filing, and whether any Republicans break when the deadline is no longer hypothetical.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34 Flotilla \u2014 interception ongoing.<\/strong> Israeli forces are still operating against flotilla vessels as of publication. 36 boats still sailing per Al Jazeera\u2019s last count. Watch for final detention figures, any European government response \u2014 particularly Greece \u2014 and any US statement. Turkey has already called it piracy.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34 Iran revised proposal \u2014 today or tomorrow.<\/strong> Pakistan is awaiting Tehran\u2019s revised plan. Trump has linked Iran and Ukraine timelines to Putin. If the proposal arrives Friday alongside the War Powers deadline, watch for whether the administration treats it as a reason to invoke the 30-day extension rather than seek an AUMF.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe1 Hegseth Senate hearing \u2014 live this morning.<\/strong> The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing began at 7:00 AM. Yesterday\u2019s House hearing produced the nuclear contradiction, the $25 billion figure, and Republican dissent. The Senate dynamic is different. Watch for any new material on the war\u2019s rationale, cost, or exit strategy \u2014 and for whether any Republican senators break on the War Powers question.<\/p>\n \u201cWhenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government.\u201d \u2014 Thomas Jefferson, 1789<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iran War & Beyond Weekday morning and evening editions. Saturdays once. Good news on Sundays. All sources labeled. 1. ISRAEL BOARDED CIVILIAN VESSELS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS NEAR GREECE. TURKEY CALLED IT PIRACY. In the early hours of Thursday morning, the Israeli Navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, approximately […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oxygen_hide_in_design_set":false,"_oxygen_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patreon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. BRENT HIT $126. GAS IS $4.23 AND CLIMBING. THE BLOCKADE IS NOW INDEFINITE.<\/h3>\n
\n3. TRUMP LINKED THE IRAN AND UKRAINE WARS TO PUTIN. THE WORLD NOTICED.<\/h3>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n