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Washington wakes up to arms flights and a Hormuz war
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The American front pages, read from Palestine. Wednesday's split screen: a Republican midterm convention in Dallas, and a widening war whose fuel runs through the region that decides Gaza's fate.
The New York Times and The Hill led on Iran's retaliation after the US struck five Iranian oil tankers, with missiles fired at a US base in Jordan and Brent crude crossing $100 a barrel for the first time since July — a spike Axios and The Hill both said is now a drag on Republican midterm messaging.
Foreign Policy's Middle East columnists asked "How Could Iran Happen?", tracing the escalation to purges of the US national-security bureaucracy.
Away from the war room, The Intercept published an investigation, reported by Noah Hurowitz, finding that United Airlines resumed carrying F-35 parts, tank components and ammunition-handling systems to Israel aboard ordinary passenger flights on 9 September, after a six-month pause — cargo researchers traced to Elbit Systems and Lockheed Martin's Israeli operations.
At the Dallas convention, President Trump promised $5,000 "dividend" checks to every American adult if Republicans hold Congress, and Israel's own election, not Washington's, drew a passing mention: The Times noted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government reacted with fury to new UK sanctions on West Bank settlements as his re-election fight tightens.
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