Tehran has warned it could resume direct confrontation if Israel continues its campaign in Lebanon US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's escalation in Lebanon, Axios reported on Monday, citing two US officials and a third source briefed on the call.
France says Israel’s security lies in peace, not occupation France’s Ambassador to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont told the UN Security Council that it is time for “concrete results” in talks between Lebanon and Israel, welcoming what he described as an “important announcement” made shortly after US President Donald Trump said that “all shooting will stop” between Israel and Hezbollah. Addressing an emergency Security Council meeting called by France, Bonnafont criticised both Israeli forces and Hezbollah while stressing support for Lebanese sovereignty and the Lebanese armed forces. “Israel’s lasting security lies neither in war nor in occupation; much rather, it lies in peace with its neighbours and in regional stability,” he said.
By suspending talks with Washington over Israel's campaign in Lebanon, Tehran has raised the stakes of postwar diplomacy and posed a critical question: is it successfully increasing its leverage, or overplaying its hand?
Settler violence is facilitating ‘ethnic cleansing’, UN experts warn Fourteen UN human rights experts, including UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese, have issued a “stark warning about surging Israeli settler terror” in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. The experts said the attacks “have become a daily terror in Palestinian lives, sowing fear, uncertainty, and profound insecurity that inevitably compels the forcible displacement of the indigenous population”. They added that the “relentless attacks by the settler-colonial movement” were being carried out “with the support and acquiescence” of Israel, warning that “full impunity” for the escalating violence was “facilitating ethnic cleansing”.
Iran warns it could suspend talks if Israeli attacks continue in Lebanon Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that any agreement to end the conflict between Iran and the United States “will include the cessation of attacks on all fronts, especially Lebanon”. Ghalibaf said Iran has been pursuing efforts to secure a ceasefire across regional conflict zones and warned that if Israeli attacks continue, Tehran would “not only stop the dialogue process” but also “stand against” Israel. His remarks come amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to reach broader ceasefire arrangements that could also affect fighting in Lebanon.
US envoy says Trump proposal offers path to end Lebanon conflict US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told the UN Security Council that US President Donald Trump “cares deeply about Lebanon personally” and that the US proposal for ending the conflict includes “a clear sequence to end the conflict”. Waltz said the first step is that “Hezbollah, which started the fighting, must stop its attacks in Israel”. Such a move would lead to “a gradual de-escalation” and “ultimately, a cessation of hostilities”, he said.
Washington, DC [US], June 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump indicated his optimism regarding a breakthrough in the Middle East, noting that he anticipates securing an agreement with Tehran to prolong the truce and restore transit through the strategic maritime chokepoint 'over the next week'.
A militia leader pleaded not guilty on Monday to what prosecutors say is his role in attacks that are part of Iran’s response to the war with Israel and the United States.
Hezbollah MP says group backs nationwide ceasefire in Lebanon Prominent Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah says the group supports a “full ceasefire on all Lebanese territory”. Speaking to al-Manar, Fadlallah said such a ceasefire should be followed by the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon. His comments come after the Lebanese presidency said Hezbollah had agreed to a US proposal calling for a “reciprocal cessation of attacks”.
IRGC claims missile strike on container ship in Gulf Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it targeted the Panama-flagged container ship MSC Sariska V, which it described as “US-owned”, with a cruise missile. Iranian media said the attack came in response to a strike on an Iranian vessel near Oman. Earlier, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a cargo ship travelling in the Gulf had been hit by a projectile about 40 nautical miles (74km) southeast of Umm Qasr, Iraq.
President Trump told CNBC that he “couldn’t care less” if the negotiations with Iran break down.
Qatar says planned Israeli strikes on Beirut suburbs were cancelled A Qatari diplomatic source has told Al Jazeera that the US informed Doha that Israeli strikes threatened against Beirut’s southern suburbs had been cancelled following a call between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The source added that Qatar began contacts with the US on Sunday in an effort to de-escalate tensions in southern Lebanon. Since then, Qatari officials have been involved in mediation efforts aimed at reinforcing the ceasefire, the source said.
Israeli forces and settlers carry out attacks across occupied West Bank Israeli forces and settlers continued attacks across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to reports compiled by the Wafa news agency. Settlers carried out a series of attacks on agricultural land in the Nablus and Ramallah governorates, including setting fire to olive groves and causing damage through livestock grazing. In the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, settlers erected sheds and moved caravans onto previously bulldozed land where olive trees had earlier been uprooted.
Tehran [Iran], June 2 (ANI): The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for targeting a Panama-flagged container ship, identifying the vessel as the 'US-owned' MSC Sariska V, with a cruise missile, according to reports in the Iranian media.
Israeli soldier killed in fighting in southern Lebanon The Israeli army says one of its soldiers has been killed and seven others wounded during fighting in southern Lebanon.
A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel did not mention a new cease-fire, but the Lebanese government said one was taking shape.
Under pressure from the polls and Gulf allies, the White House is pushing for a deal but Iran wants concessions, writes BBC's international editor.
Under pressure from the polls and Gulf allies, the White House is pushing for a deal but Iran wants concessions, writes BBC's international editor.
Netanyahu says Israel will continue operations in southern Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he told US President Donald Trump that Israeli forces will “continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon”. “If Hezbollah does not cease attacking our cities and citizens … Israel will attack terror targets in Beirut,” Netanyahu added.
The 'Spirit of Anchorage' offered a face-saving compromise for everyone involved. Now it is running out of time. In Russia-US relations, a tradition has emerged of coining catchy phrases to describe periods of rapprochement between Washington and Moscow.
