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Iran-Israel Ceasefire: can it last?

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An explosion in Tehran this week. Image – @CherylWroteIt, X.

Despite Donald Trump’s angry reaction to Israel violating the ceasefire with Iran, there likely won’t be any repercussions because Trump himself is “part of this war,” veteran war correspondent Elijah J. Magnier tells Sputnik.

Trump “is the first who used the ruse against Iran” to call for nuclear talks, while he then “gave the green light to Netanyahu to start the war,” not to mention sending US aircraft to bomb Iran.

Now, Trump is “trying to look like the good guy who’s stopping a war that he has given a green light to the Israeli to start.”

Despite Netanyahu’s posturing, the US holds considerable leverage over Israel because the latter can start a war on its own but cannot finish it. “Even against non-state actors like Hamas or Hezbollah, the Israelis scream for support from the United States.”

Though both Israel and Iran seem calm and willing to stop fighting, this seems more like a new chapter of this conflict rather than peace. “Whether this chapter begins with a missile barrage or nuclear test, or for Iran to make a nuclear bomb, it will depend on what the future is going to tell us.”

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3 COMMENTS

  1. Israel will resort to what Israel has done best, since its inception, covert acts of terrorism. It now knows it can’t take on Iran directly and the US is concerned the Iranians will close the Straight of Hormuz. A nightmare outcome, from a financial and resource perspective, for the USA. Which greatly complicates any support they might offer, going forward.

  2. The job needs to be finished
    While the victim is on the ropes
    In that day
    The day of YAHWAH
    A good day for some
    A bad day for others

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