https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/26/politics/trump-iran-war-peace-deal-analysis
If Donald Trump’s search for a way out of the Iran war was not difficult enough, he’s added a new goal that threatens to vastly complicate the Middle East’s already splintered politics.
The president said Monday he’d asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join his first-term legacy deal, known as the Abraham Accords, which is designed to forge historic ties with Israel.
Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have longed grasped for huge goals in the Middle East and Ukraine and have so far fallen short, leading critics to question the wisdom of sending two business tycoons to unpick knotty diplomatic problems. Their relative lack of success has undermined the central conceit of Trump’s presidency: that he’s a masterful negotiator and historic dealmaker who can nail breakthroughs that would have been beyond past presidents.
“It’s not entirely clear what President Trump himself has to show for, by way of his track record in running or managing this war, that he feels able to impose such a demand on, on regional countries,” Alhasan said.
Half those countries would rather Iran be openly declared the winner and side with it.
ReplyDeleteA ruse, a brave gamble or a fantasy? Why Trump’s most puzzling Iran move yet is unlikely to work Daf Hayomi today Chullin 28b: Rav Ketina said: Come and hear proof contrary to Rav’s opinion from a baraita with regard to an impure earthenware vessel that is purified through being broken. If it is broken in two, the larger portion remains impure and the smaller portion is purified. If he divided it into two and they are seemingly equal halves, both are impure, because it is impossible to measure precisely in breaking an earthenware vessel and render both halves equal. Since it is impossible to determine which half is larger, both remain impure due to uncertainty. The Gemara infers: But were it possible to measure precisely and divide it into equal halves, both would be pure. If, as Rav states, the halakhic status of half is like that of a majority, why are they pure? Go here, to one half of the vessel, and you will see that there is a majority and it should remain impure, and go there, to the other half, and you will see that there is a majority and it should remain impure. Rav Pappa said in rejecting that proof: There are not two majorities in one vessel. Therefore, one cannot consider the halakhic status of half like that of a majority. By contrast, with regard to cutting the windpipe or gullet, the halakhic status of precisely half can be like that of a majority, as there is no other majority contradicting that status.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. My theory. Torah uses a strong verb: BE SMASHED for purifying earthen-ware ovens and stoves in Leviticus 11-35 “And everything on which the carcass of any of them falls shall be unclean: an oven or stove, shall be smashed. They are unclean and unclean they shall remain for you.” Why? No need in koshering a stove or oven for all the 5 requirements of kosher slaughtering on animals and birds, one pass with sharp knife no pressing etc.
Hey, we today now in 1-hour have to smash Hezbollah and radicals in Iran. Victory. In 1-hour big bombing will start, lead by USA president and Israel Prime Minister, God willing. Gog and Magog the Full Redemption. Yes I did bless the Kohain blessings in shul this morning and I did daf hayomi. I did my 1-hour gym Monday. Yesterday, Tuesday, Yemima and I were in Lod, thank you God in Heaven.