"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" ... ... 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: 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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