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Think Rubio was exaggerating quite a bit when he said Syria was weeks from "full-scale civil war of epic proportions" without sanctions relief. But if that's what it takes to sell the policy and give it some urgency, then exaggerate away, guys wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Several sources tell me Michael Anton is working hard to slow down and thereby undermine President Trump’s announcement that the United States will lift all sanctions on Syria. In an interagency meeting yesterday, Anton argued the sanctions relief should be implemented only

If Trump really wants the horror show in Gaza to end "as quickly as possible", he can tell Netanyahu to end it. Otherwise these sorts of comments are no different than all of the "Biden is fed up with Bibi, for real this time" leaks from last year axios.com/2025/05/26/tru…

In which the director of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" finally discovers what should have been clear months ago to anyone who did a modicum of due diligence washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

Good 🧵 on the murky state of the Gaza ceasefire talks. A version of this applies to the Iran nuclear negotiations, too: the ongoing Witkoffization of American foreign policy

Tired: Middle East policy based on moralizing lectures Wired: Middle East policy based on inscrutable proverbs repeated by 3ammo Joseph at Sunday lunch

Day one of the new "aid mechanism": maybe 2% of Gazan families were able to collect food parcels before thousands of hungry people overran one of the distribution centers and forced it to close temporarily. An outcome both predictable and depressing timesofisrael.com/gazans-overrun…

Saudi Al-Arabiya reports Hamas and Israel agreed on a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, as U.S. Envoy Witkoff was informed that both Hamas and Israel have agreed to the proposal. According to Al-Arabiya, Trump is expected to announce the details of the Gaza ceasefire in the coming hours.

Netanyahu accepts the Witkoff outline for a ceasefire and then immediately leaks to Channel 12 that it won't mean a permanent end to the war. Doing his usual routine where he tries to sabotage the whole thing by encouraging Hamas to reject the deal

Full text of Witkoff’s proposal for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, whose authenticity was confirmed to The Times of Israel by two sources familiar with the negotiations. timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…

The same issues as ever: "A senior Hamas official said the deal contradicted previous discussions between the group and Witkoff. The official told the BBC that the offer did not include guarantees the temporary truce would lead to a permanent ceasefire." bbc.com/news/articles/…