Here is the truth: no signing ceremony changes, and it carries no insult to the campaign: no agreement, not this one and not a better one, can permanently guarantee that Iran never builds a bomb.

The relationship between Jerusalem and Washington is too close, too strategic, and too deeply integrated for either side to imagine that Hezbollah’s aggression should go unanswered.

Trump prefers an agreement to another prolonged war, but he also understands that an agreement reached through weakness can produce an even greater conflict.

The American goal in Middle Eastern conflicts usually is for its allies—including Israel—to successfully defend themselves and then to reestablish peace in the region as quickly as possible.

The truce touted by Trump will not end any of those wars, none of which is likely to end unless Iran breaks with Khomeinism and chooses another trajectory.

At different moments, he warned of devastating consequences for Iran, then hours later claimed the regime was ready to negotiate and desperate for a deal.

The message, along with other documents seized by the IDF over the past two years, exposes extensive strategic coordination between Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.

Supposing that such a scheme does take shape and is implemented, who could guarantee that either Iran or a future US administration would abide by it?

The trajectory of the dual blockade is leading toward a war of macroeconomic attrition, testing the thresholds of both the Iranian state and the global economy.

Al-Jazeera Arabic has repeatedly broadcast speeches by senior Hamas figures, such as Khaled Mashaal, Ismail Haniyeh, Saleh al-Arouri, Mohammed Deif and Khalil al-Hayya.