Iran and America shook hands on a truce then immediately remembered they were still shooting at each other.
Nothing says 'durable ceasefire' like agreeing to stop shooting near the oil chokepoint while actively shooting everywhere else.
▸ Wikipedia — Axios reports from American officials that Iran and the United States have agreed to halt strikes near the Strait of Hormuz and will hold a Qatar-mediated meeting in Doha on TuesdaTurns out 'we'll stop if you stop' works better as a playground rule than a geopolitical framework.
▸ Wikipedia — Iran cancels its participation in technical talks scheduled for today due to recent strikes against the country and unfulfilled conditions of the memorandum of understanding ceaseIsrael spending this week recognizing a century-old genocide while violating a month-old ceasefire is the kind of multitasking that deserves its own case study.
▸ Wikipedia — Israel's government unanimously approves recognition of the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman empire as genocide, pending parliamentary ratification. (AFP v