Trump thinks that the ceasefire is over and talks are a waste of time:
- US and Iran Exchange Intensifying Fire Across the Persian Gulf as Interim Deal to End War Threatened (AP)
- With Iran Ceasefire “Over,” Trump Shifts to Battle for Hormuz (Axios)
- Wider War Threatens as Iran Says It Struck U.S. Bases (UPI)
- Oil Prices Ease After Spiking Following Fresh U.S. Strikes Against Iran (CNBC)
- How Iran ‘Overplayed Its Hand’ and What Becomes of the U.S.-Iran MOU (CNBC)
- Trump Is Playing with Economic Fire by Calling the Peace Deal with Iran ‘Over’ (CNN)
- Iran Has Shot Down 30 US Reaper Drones, US Official Says (abc News)
“At the heart of the dispute are two competing interpretations of the MOU”:
- How the US-Iran Fight in the Strait of Hormuz Can Be Resolved Before It Blows Up the MOU (Trita Parsi / Substack)
The … cost … has already climbed well beyond early estimates, with an $87 billion funding request pending. Long-term economic and veteran expenses push the broader cost higher” and the resumption of war will add more:
- What is the Iran War Costing Americans? Here’s a Breakdown (Christian Science Monitor)
“Trump offered little clarity on the swap, instead saying he would fly on the legacy aircraft ‘for old time’s sake’”:
- In a Surprise Swap, Trump Flies Back from Turkey in an Old Air Force One, Not the Qatari-gifted Jet (AP)
The report … illustrates a decade-long campaign aimed at discrediting UNRWA among German politicians, … making lawmakers a key target for right-wing pro-Israel groups”:
“What is Jewish supremacy? Eighty years after the Holocaust, it’s Mein Kampf in reverse. The superior race is us” — Moshe Ya’alon, a former defense minister under Netanyahu (2013-2016):
- Will Donald Trump Become America’s Last Zionist President? (Middle East Eye)
Similarities of Israeli apartheid to South Africa’s are instructive; the differences are chilling:
- “Israeli Apartheid Went to Levels Ours Never Did”: Boycott Defines This Moment (Palestine Deep Dive)
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