Iran says it has offered a new proposal for peace talks with the U.S.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : U.K. navy says "Hormuz stand-off," causing "strangulation of international trade" and threatening 20,000 seafarers "Shipping traffic in the crucial Strait of Hormuz has dropped by more than 90% since the conflict in the Middle East began," the U.K. Royal Navy said in a statement on Friday, warning that the gridlock in the shipping lane was causing not only a "strangulation of international trade," but also a looming humanitarian crisis for the roughly 20,000 seafarers stuck on ships in the waterway.
51% : " Lebanon's Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam met Friday with U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa at his office in Beirut, for "discussions focused on consolidating the ceasefire and on talks related to negotiations with Israel," Salam's office said in a brief statement.
46% : U.S. urges Lebanon to cement a peace deal with Israel, says "time for hesitation is over" The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has called on Lebanon's government to further its engagement with Israel - and tacitly, to sideline the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah which, while designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, has been a massive force in Lebanese politics for decades.
44% : The strikes "across various areas in southern Lebanon" hit targets including "command centers where terrorists were present, military structures, and additional terrorist infrastructure," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
41% : Activists from Gaza aid flotilla detained by Israel seen disembarking in Crete Dozens of activists on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Crete disembarked Friday on the Greek island, an AFP journalist saw.
40% : Israel's foreign ministry earlier said around 175 activists had been taken off more than 20 boats on Thursday.
40% : " The post did not refer directly to Hezbollah, but said Lebanon should have "never been at war" with neighboring Israel.
35% : Israeli military says "more than 40 Hezbollah infrastructure sites" destroyed in one day of Lebanon strikes Israel's military said Friday that it had destroyed "more than 40 Hezbollah infrastructure sites" in a single day of strikes in Lebanon.
35% : Israel responded with overwhelming force, opening a new offensive against Hezbollah with a blistering campaign of airstrikes across the country, and later an ongoing ground invasion in the south of Lebanon that authorities say has killed almost 2,590 people and displaced more than a million.
25% : The IDF said it would "continue to operate against threats directed at Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers" amid the ongoing ceasefire between the Israeli and Lebanese governments brokered by the Trump administration, which Hezbollah and Israel have accused each other of violating repeatedly.
18% : Hezbollah and Israel have accused each other of near daily violations of a ceasefire the Trump administration brokered between the Israeli and Lebanese governments, which has been extended until mid-May.

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