President Trump talking about Canada becoming the 51st state: “I believe it would be a massive tax cut for the Canadian citizens. You get free military.. you get tremendous medical care. A lot of advantages.”

National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz on Tuesday called Israel’s 2005 disengagement from Gaza a “strategic error,” warning that renewed discussions of a Palestinian state or territorial withdrawals are “detached from security reality.”
Speaking at the Makor Rishon Settlement Conference in Ofra, Gantz stressed the importance of maintaining full Israeli security control in key strategic areas.
“We must maintain full security control—in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Southern Lebanon, and along the Syrian border,” he said. “Israel cannot afford to allow a significant invasion threat to develop on its borders.”

Following Israeli airstrikes, Yemenia Airlines has suspended all flights to and from Sana’a Airport.

Sec. Marco Rubio on the Houthis: “This was always a freedom of navigation issue. These are a band of individuals with advanced weaponry that were threatening global shipping, and the job was to get that to stop — and, if it’s going to stop, then we can stop.”

President Trump on Canada tariffs: “We’ll be talking about different things. We want to protect our automobile business… We want to make the automobiles. We have a tremendous abundance of energy, more than any country.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave Canada’s new prime ministe

WATCH: More from the IDF airstrikes that have crippled the Saana International Airport as well as destroyed multiple power plants and a cement factory.

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent: “Perhaps as early as this week we will be announcing trade deals with some of our largest trading partners. They have come to us with very good offers.”

The Sephardic Chief Rabbi, HaRav David Yosef, has just arrived at the conference of French Rabbonim taking place in the city of Rouen in Northern France. The Rishon LeZion began his visit at the remains of the study hall of the Rashbam from 900 years ago.