Iran has submitted its response to the latest US proposals to permanently end the war and begin peace talks via Pakistani mediators, Iranian state media reports.
The US proposal would formally end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz before beginning talks on more contentious issues, including the Iranian nuclear program.
Any attacks against Iranian ships in the Gulf will be met with a “heavy and decisive” response against US ships and bases in the region, says the spokesman for Iran’s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.
“As of today, our restraint is over,” writes Ebrahim Rezaei in a Persian-language post on X. “Any aggression against our vessels will be met with a heavy and decisive Iranian response against American vessels and bases.”
“The clock is ticking against the Americans’ interests; it is to their benefit not to act foolishly and sink themselves deeper into the quagmire they have fallen into,” he continues. “The best course is to surrender and concede concessions. You must get used to the new regional order.”
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir reiterates to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in a closed-door session that the military urgently needs more soldiers amid ongoing fighting on multiple fronts, according to Hebrew media reports.
“I am not dealing with political or legislative processes – I am dealing with multi-front warfare and defeating the enemy,” Zamir reportedly tells lawmakers after appearing before the committee following pressure from chairman Boaz Bismuth. “In order to continue doing that, the IDF urgently needs more soldiers.”
Speaking at a rally against antisemitism in London, UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis warns that antisemitism has become “normalized” across British society and urges the country to confront the rising tide of hatred.
Citing the Book of Psalms, Mirvis tells a rally that citizens must “turn away from that which is unacceptable and always to what is right,” arguing that it is now easy to see what is unacceptable. He mentions recent antisemitic incidents including an arson attack on a synagogue and the targeting of Jews in violent attacks, and makes note of security fences around Jewish institutions.
“It is unacceptable that poisonous antisemitism has become normalized in the UK,” he says, noting its presence in politics, the media, universities, schools, the arts, the National Health Service and on the streets.
Mirvis condemns social media platforms for allowing “Jew hatred” to spread and criticizes Iran for allegedly fomenting violence against British citizens.
“Why has the Iranian ambassador not been expelled?” he asks. A group that is reportedly linked to Iran has claimed responsibility for some of the attacks.
Mirvis praises the “silent majority” of non-Jewish Britons who have begun speaking out, saying their support shows that attacks on Jews are attacks on all of society.
A London rally against antisemitism (watch here) led by dozens of Jewish organizations has begun at Downing Street, the location of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s official residence, following a surge of attacks on Jewish targets in the country.
Thousands of people are expected to attend the event, which started at 1 p.m. local time (3 p.m. Israel time). It is being held in response to a series of recent attacks, including the stabbing of two Jews in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Golders Green, the torching of four Hatzolah ambulances, arson attacks on synagogues, and a deadly shooting on Yom Kippur at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester in October.
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