Afrasianet - U.S. President Donald Trump posted a photo of warships with an Iranian-flagged boat with the phrase "calm before the storm," in a fresh hint of the possibility of ending the ceasefire and returning to military operations.
These talks, which took place between the US president and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, gave a very important card that was not included in the previous negotiation papers between the two countries.
This probably explains the rise in the level of Chinese statements on Taiwan, and the "agreement" between the two leaders, as the official statements said, on the "need to keep the Strait of Hormuz open", a two-way statement that Iran has emptied of its meaning, by allowing Chinese ships to pass, and has taken a broader step towards Beijing by appointing the speaker of parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who, since the beginning of the war, has played a pivotal role in his country, as a "special envoy to China", emphasizing the strategic relationship.
The government of Benjamin Netanyahu, who was celebrating the day of the occupation of the eastern part of Jerusalem in 1967, received these signals, and its armed forces declared a state of high alert in preparation for the resumption of military action against Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of a new phone call he will make with Trump to hear "impressions of his visit to China," indicating, of course, that they are "ready for all scenarios." Probably.
These conditions include refusing to pay any compensation or fines, handing over the amount of enriched uranium it has (400 kilograms) to the United States, not returning 25 percent of Iran's frozen assets, and tying the cessation of war "on all fronts" to the start of negotiations only, with no U.S. (and therefore Israeli) commitment to stop military attacks.
The Netanyahu government's behavior, in Palestine, Lebanon (and even Syria), explains the model the U.S. administration is trying to implement, which is a reward for the stronger party for its ability to wreak havoc on the other side, making Israel the most "known" in complex and unconsequential equations.
Israel has turned the truces into empty structures, and has treated the negotiations that are proceeding in parallel with reasons to fuel the war rather than settle it, so that it is clear that Israel has no interest in any negotiation track.
Israel has suspended the implementation of the "first phase" of the Gaza Agreement, following up on its brutal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and its terrorist programs of annexation, settlement, displacement, killing, and repression in the West Bank, focusing on "disarming Hamas", which is an absurd demand because since October 7, 2023, Israel has not provided a method that it has not used to date, from annihilation, starvation, and destruction of infrastructure, to intimidation, puppet militias, and suffocation of the population in a dwindling area day by day.
Israel is working to implement the Gaza scenario as well In southern Lebanon, following up on the daily war of destruction, displacement, and assassinations that did not provide Lebanese army soldiers, medics, and even UNIFIL soldiers, raising the slogan of "disarming Hezbollah," something that Israel knows (and sometimes admits) is impossible, and presenting the Lebanese government with "joint plans" to confront Hezbollah, something that everyone understands is a recipe for civil war and not a recipe for a settlement of the cessation of wars.
