Eerie parallel to the opium wars. China is taking all of the US silver/money because of rapacious demand for Chinese goods. The US is trying to get China hooked on it's poisoned wares, but China is blocking them out.
Iran Seizes Tanker in Gulf of Oman Suspected of Smuggling: Fars
It makes a bit more sense if you remember that 1. "Israelis" are just Europeans, and 2. Israel wrote the history on what happened during WW2.