Israeli/US insistence on excluding Lebanon from the cease-fire is a fragile ceasefire’s weakest link …
- Iran Threatens New Hostilities as Israel Pounds Lebanon (Deutsche Welle)
- Israel Kills Scores in Beirut as U.S. Says Lebanon Is Not Part of Iran Truce (Washington Post)
- Ceasefire Is Threatened as Israel Expands Lebanon Strikes and Iran Closes Strait Again (PBS)
- Will the Conflict in Lebanon Destroy the US?Iran Ceasefire? Maybe, but It Was Already Shaky (The Conversation)
… while news reports give contradictory Vance descriptions of the Israeli position:
- Vance: Israel Offered to Restrain Strikes in Lebanon During U.S.-Iran Talks (Axios)
- Vance Says Lebanon Was Never Part of Cease-Fire Deal (NY Times)
“It is possible that the ceasefire itself will be the settlement: The United States, Israel, and Iran will not come to a final deal, but the ceasefire will continue indefinitely, with the risk of a flare-up hovering over the region” …
… “In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest” — Trump:
Even when incarcerated Epstein was on a work-release program ” where he could leave the jail for 12 hours a day”; among his suggestions to Gulf states to separate themselves from terrorism was “Recognize Israel”:
- Epstein’s Ties to Arab Royals: An Offer to Tutor Crown Prince, a Gift from Mecca (Miami Herald / Newsbreak)
“While the president has often wielded tariffs to pressure other countries, the Supreme Court this spring took away his main legal tool”:
“Republicans are relieved over Trump’s steps toward reconciliation in Iran — but they worry the measures are too little, too late to save them from a brutal midterm election cycle”:
“A growing chorus of disaffected Trump supporters is sounding off in the replies to his posts on the social media platform he founded”:
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