Whether the ceasefire holds & West Asia becomes less incendiary depends on US president’s ability to make Netanyahu stop using war as political cover and take peace seriously
One could have hoped that after 12 days of mutual skirmishing between Israel and Iran, the exclamation points would outweigh the question marks regarding the future of West Asia. But in this region, as always, nothing is as it seems, and nothing is as it sounds. Leaders from different countries, each driven by their own interests, are spreading unequivocal “facts” that, to this moment, remain unclear in their accuracy, reliability, or actual reflection of reality.