News and Analysis 6/17/26

The Trump administration “denied Israel’s request to view the newly agreed-upon Memorandum of Understanding before the signing ceremony” …

… professing the text is “incredibly vague, mainly … aimed at providing Iran the ability to sell it politically to their internal audience” …

… yet Trump is willing to (at some unidentified point) send the agreement to Congress for approval, which is more than Obama did with the JOPCA agreement Trump reneged on …

… and “the text of the 14-point draft memorandum, as seen by Bloomberg News” has been published:

Israeli war crimes continue:

“The prospect of a reopening prompted some shipowners to begin repositioning vessels toward Gulf ports in anticipation of a surge in restocking demand, while most are more cautious”:

“Dr. Rick Scarborough, former Southern Baptist pastor and president of Recover America … [told] Mohamed Hussein to convert to Christianity or leave the country”:

The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues:

“Critics argue that after shredding the 2015 nuclear deal in his first term, Trump is now following the same playbook — unfreezing cash in exchange for nuclear concessions — while potentially going a step further with the rebuilding fund”:

“This issue has been resolved. As soon as we became aware of the issue, we worked to ensure that the player can participate in every game” — a U.S. Department of State spokesperson:

“Four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky — joined nearly all Democrats in favor. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to oppose”:

“Any sense of relief is offset by doubts over durability of agreement and feelings of betrayal by Trump administration”:


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