Israel’s ambassador to Australia says neither his country nor the United States is responsible for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz that is crippling global oil supplies, and he cannot predict when the war will end.

Amid reports from the United States that President Donald Trump is now contemplating ending the war without trying to force open the vital maritime route, leaving Tehran with control over oil supply, ambassador Hillel Newman said, “part of a war is that you do have circumstances”.

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