Benny Morris: Israel conducted no ethnic cleansing in 1948 – Prof. Daniel Blatman distorts history when he says the new State of Israel, a country facing invading armies, carried out a policy of expelling the local Arabs. | haaretz.com

Iran’s Hormuz gamble: Tehran fights to keep its most powerful bargaining chip – Experts told The New York Times that Iran sees its ability to disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as critical leverage against the United States, even if preserving that pressure risks renewed fighting and the collapse of the ceasefire | ynetglobal