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Netanyahu says "nobody had perfect foresight" on Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockade
CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about The New York Times reporting that, in pre-war conversations with President Trump, Netanyahu and his team asserted that Iran would not choke off the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins with Mr. Trump's response.
What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, Netanyahu says “nobody had perfect foresight” on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz blockade, CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about The New York Times reporting that, in pre-war conversations with President Trump, Netanyahu and his team asserted that Iran would not choke off the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins with Mr. Trump’s response.
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- Netanyahu says "nobody had perfect foresight" on Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockadeCBS News - 2026-05-11T21:30:29+00:00
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