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Where does Iran deal leave US-Israel relationship as they reach ‘a fork in the road’?

agreement will be.” Increasingly, the Israeli prime minister who had dominated relations with five US presidents has had to face the prospect of Israel [going it alone against Iran](https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/us-news/trump-scolds-netanyahu-in-testy-phone-call-you-could-be-left-alone-against-iran-very-soon/).

US waiting on a response from Iran over proposals for ceasefire deal, says Rubio

ceasefire for at least 60 days that would lead to talks to resolve contentious issues such as Iran’s nuclear programme. “They have to understand: if it doesn’t get signed, they’re going

Iran blames Trump’s blockade for diplomatic impasse as fragile truce holds

agreement and continues to do so,” he said in a social media post, addressing the US and Israel. “Breach of commitments, blockade and threats are main obstacles to genuine negotiations. World sees your endless hypocritical

Trump’s Iran deal: A victory lap before the victory

ceasefire was negotiated without the ally that has borne the highest cost for confronting Iran for the past two decades: Israel. The talks ran through Washington, through Pakistani mediators, through Geneva and Versailles – everywhere

As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deadline looms, here are the main sticking points

US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. **Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe** Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe Officials in Islamabad say the city remains ready to host the talks, though Pakistan's government

Pakistan races against time to get Iran back to US talks as truce end nears

Lebanon, before entering talks without one. “That shows they are pragmatic,” Karim told Al Jazeera. ![A view of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska as the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer

Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences

agreement drags on. A similar exchange occurred last Thursday and was described in near-identical terms by both sides. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it had targeted an airbase used

Israel kills three in attacks on Lebanon, issues more displacement orders

agreement”, the military’s Arabic-language spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, said in a social media post that the Israeli forces “are compelled to operate against it with force”, as he listed the names

What Iran and US get from deal and why both could struggle to keep it

Lebanon, mutual respect for sovereignty, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the US naval blockade on Iranian shipping. Iran's immediate obligations are significant, but relatively limited. Tehran has agreed

What we know about Iran’s response to the latest US ceasefire proposal

agreement drawn up with the former Obama administration, five other countries and the European Union, was reversed when Trump unilaterally walked out of the deal in 2018, during his first term as US president. Billions

Trump faces slew of ‘bad options’ on Iran as diplomacy falters

Lebanon; it wants the first stage of negotiations to focus on ending hostilities before moving to a second step to discuss its nuclear programme and support for proxy groups. It rejects the dismantling

Israel threatens Gaza war resumption to force disarmament as ‘truce’ frays

agreement to force a surrender. In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly cancelled a scheduled security cabinet meeting on Sunday, opting instead for smaller consultations. Simultaneously, the military has ramped up pressure to resume

No headway in Middle East peace efforts as US and Iran refuse to yield

agreement” to allow discussions to restart was being made. A round of talks in Islamabad earlier this month – in which a US delegation led by the vice-president, JD Vance, met Iranian delegates

Iran war day 68: Trump talks about progress in talks; Rubio says war ‘over’

agreement” with Tehran could be reached, despite ongoing tensions in the Gulf. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, meanwhile, accused Washington of pursuing a policy of “maximum pressure” and expecting Iran to submit to unilateral demands. Here

Israel expands military control in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria by 1,000sq km

agreement to delineate its control over roughly 200sq km (77sq miles). Yet physical markers were routinely pushed beyond these limits. For example, in northern Gaza, Israel expanded its control from 67.3sq km (26sq miles

Bowen: Iran deal ends Trump's war that revealed limit of US dominance

agreement is not a peace deal. The full text, which negotiators have said has 14 points on two pages, has not been published yet. But as well as reopening the strait, the memorandum of understanding

Tehran labels US attacks ‘gross violation’, says it is prepared to respond

ceasefire](/news/2026/5/26/us-strikes-iran-again-what-we-know-and-is-the-ceasefire-over) in place since early April. The commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Aerospace Force, Seyed Majid Moosavi, said it is prepared to respond, criticising ongoing diplomacy, saying “negotiation with the enemy is pure

Israel pushes for war amid US ceasefire, but its options may be limited

agreement that Israel is eager to restart hostilities, it is unlikely to be able to do so without US permission. That does not look like it will be quick in coming. Reports of a call

Chaotic talks on a US-Iran deal continue on the Trump rollercoaster

ceasefire, which has mostly held since April, into something more permanent. According to reports from the region, the gaps in those talks are indeed getting smaller. The focus is on a limited memorandum of understanding

Iran’s leaders debate war and peace after Trump ceasefire extension

Lebanon’s Hezbollah. A clip shared by state media from the gathering in Enghelab Square showed Hossein Taheri, a religious singer, speaking to crowds of supporters while standing next to a wheelchair-bound soldier