South Korean President Compares Israeli Killings to Nazi Holocaust, Sparking Debate

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sparked a diplomatic row with Israel on Friday, after comparing IDF wartime killings to the Nazi Holocaust on X, drawing Israeli condemnation & social media exchanges between politicians.

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Netanyahu:

Yesterday, I spoke with Vice President JD Vance, who called me from his plane while returning from a trip.

He briefed me in detail, as this administration does daily, on the developments in the negotiations.

He conveyed to me that the central issue for President Trump and the United States is the removal of all enriched material and ensuring that there will be no enrichment in Iran for years to come, possibly decades.

Netanyahu:

Since Iran violated the rules, Trump decided to impose a blockade, a naval siege, and we of course support this firm position.

Netanyahu:

We have alignment with the most powerful nation in the world, and together we have the capability to confront the gravest threats.

Netanyahu:

Israel is at the height of its power.

Netanyahu compares nuclear facilities to extermination camps:

If we had not acted, then places like Natanz, Fordow, and Bushehr would be remembered like Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Sobibor.

EU's von der Leyen:

We need to scale up the homegrown, affordable, reliable energy—this is the wide range of different renewables we have, but it is also the nuclear.

EU's von der Leyen on Hungary:

The people of Hungary have spoken, and they have reclaimed their European path.

Our union is stronger and more united; it was an exceptional evening yesterday.

EU's von der Leyen:

Moving to qualified majority voting in foreign policy is an important way to avoid systematic blockages as we've seen in the past.

We should use the momentum now really to move forward on that topic.

Netanyahu:

The ceasefire with Iran could end quickly.

Türkiye Warns Israel: "We Know What Netanyahu Wants in Syria"

Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Israel of exploiting war to expand territory, warning it is now casting Türkiye as its next enemy. He signalled Ankara is preparing for Israel’s "clear" ambitions in Syria while denouncing its growing ties with Greece.

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Péter Magyar:

We will refrain from interfering in the domestic affairs of any other country.

We ask the same of all countries for Hungary.

Péter Magyar:

Viktor Orbán played such a five-dimensional chess game, and this was probably one of the reasons for his defeat, among others.

He talked about everything: Ukraine, Russia, Iran, the Iranian Shah, the Iranian Ayatollah, the US presidential election.

Probably, if he had been woken from his sleep, he would have said that he won the US presidential election, not Donald Trump.

Viktor Orbán talked about everything except for the problems affecting the Hungarian people.

Péter Magyar:

The Kremlin has spoken, and Beijing has spoken. I thank them for their respectful acceptance of the decision of the Hungarian electorate, the Hungarian people, and they are also open to pragmatic cooperation, just as Hungary is, because geography is geography.

Iran Threatens Gulf Ports as U.S. Imposes Naval Blockade

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central HQ Spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari said no port in the Gulf will be safe if Iranian ports were threatened, after U.S. military announced a blockade of Iranian ports starting Monday.

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Ukraine carried out a long-range drone strike on the Apatit (PhosAgro) chemical plant in Cherepovets, deep inside Russia (about 800–1,000 km from Ukraine).

The plant is a major fertilizer and chemical producer, with some materials considered potentially dual-use.

Péter Magyar on Russian oil:

Russia stays here, Hungary stays here. We will do everything for diversification, but this does not mean that we will decouple.

We will always get oil as cheaply and safely as possible.

Péter Magyar on Ukraine:

We do not support Ukraine's accelerated accession to the EU.

On one hand, we are talking about a country at war; it is absolutely absurd for a country at war to be admitted to the European Union.

Péter Magyar:

If Vladimir Putin calls me, I will pick up the phone. I do not think that will happen.

I will not call him myself, but if we do talk, I can tell him to please stop the killing now, after four years, and end that war, which doesn't make any sense from their point of view either, because tens of thousands of Russians have lost their lives.

I don't think he is going to end the war on my advice. I very much hope that he will be forced to do so regardless.

Péter Magyar:

Ukraine is the victim of this war. Everyone knows that.

No one should tell Ukraine under what conditions it must enter peace or sign a peace treaty.

We cannot ask any country to give up its territory.

If they do, they would be considered traitors.

Trump's deadline is over. The U.S. blockade of Iran begins.