US-Iran ink MoU, real test begins now: A defiant Israel can still derail peace efforts

Trump has urged Israel to temper its campaign, but without Israeli buy?in the deal risks becoming a fragile pause rather than a genuine peace. The long?anticipated memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed electronically by US President Donald Trump and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian this week aims to halt a costly war and reopen vital sea lanes, but analysts warn the pact rests on fragile ground — and a defiant Israel could still unravel it. Brokered in part by Pakistani mediator Shehbaz Sharif, the ‘Islamabad MOU’ pledges immediate steps: Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the US would lift its naval…