A senior Trump official resigned over the war in Iran. It's about to get really hot for a lot of people.

And I'll share a theory about iPads and boomers. That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, March 18th. Let's get

you caught up with today's seven stories. We'll start with the war in the Middle East and a

post-exclusive. Israel has urged Iranians to revolt, but privately assesses they'll be slaughtered if they do.

According to a State Department cable reviewed by the Post,

senior Israeli officials told U.S. diplomats their grim prediction

if Iranians take to the streets against their government.

Israel's assessment is that Iran's regime is not cracking and is willing to

fight to the end. Earlier this year, the regime killed thousands of protesters during anti-government

demonstrations. Publicly, Israel is calling for a popular uprising in Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly

said Iranians should overthrow their government. Experts say the dual messages on display in the cable

will be viewed by many Iranians as callous and exploitative of Iranian lives. Meanwhile, top U.S.

allies yesterday rejected President Donald Trump's demand

to send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz to allow oil and gas tankers to pass.

Trump's not happy about that, as he made clear in the Oval Office yesterday.

But you would have thought they would have said, we'd love to send a couple of minesweepers.

It's not a big deal. It doesn't cost very much money.

But they didn't do that.

So, you know, I think it's very unfair to the United States, not to me, but to the United States.

European leaders are reluctant to join a conflict Trump started without consulting them.

A senior official broke with the White House and resigned over the war in Iran.

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