“If we get to a Friday signing ceremony without this uncertain new US-Iran deal being derailed by any of its inherent ambiguities, then nuclear talks can finally restart … at almost exactly the same point they were before this conflict started” …
… The US-Iran ceasefire is welcome. But the US president is trying to disguise a failed war of choice as a diplomatic victory:
“While Trump announced the ‘immediate’ lifting of the U.S. blockade and opening of the strait on Sunday, he later said it would open on Friday once the ceremony takes place”:
Critics … say the prime minister misjudged Trump’s appetite for a protracted conflict, was outflanked by Iran in negotiations and grew increasingly sidelined by the region’s other major players” …
… and “Israelis disparaged the peace deal and said the fight against Hezbollah would go on” …
- Israelis Denounce Trump’s Deal with Iran (Washington Post)
… and “Israel’s more focused fight against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon still has the power to disrupt broader American efforts to resolve its monthslong war with Iran”:
The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance– continues:
- Palestine Action Ban Is Lawful, Court of Appeal Rules (BBC)
- Israel Uses ‘Battlefield Evidence’ to Prosecute Palestinians Abroad (Aljazeera)
Few analysts believe final settlement can be reached in 60 days – and even if it is, war and instability could soon return”:
A “a conservative lawyer … won the nonpartisan mayoral runoff Saturday … over a retired construction company owner, called immigrants ‘rats’ and Islam a ‘terrorist group’” after “candidates who used similar anti-immigrant rhetoric won recent statewide runoffs”:
“We spent so much time in the air commuting, they didn’t even give us time to recover. After the game today, they said to us, ‘You have to leave immediately” — Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei:
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