Following Iran's valiant resistance to the joint American-Israeli aggression, the world is witnessing the emergence of a new normal - first and foremost in the US policy towards Israel. June 18, when President Trump signed the MoU with Iran at Versailles - followed by presidential remarks never heard before - marked the unraveling of what had long appeared to be the unquestioned pampering of Israel.

The occasion itself amounted to a shining moment for Iran, mediator Pakistan, and all those wary of American-Israeli high-handedness against Palestinians and Iranians.

Trump's endorsement of the MoU, which stipulates 60 days for substantive technical Iran-US negotiations, delivered a stark reminder that even the strongest nations must sometimes swallow a bitter pill. On June 28, 1919, at Versailles, a humiliated Germany accepted sole responsibility for causing World War I and surrendered about 10 per cent of its pre-war territory in Europe, along with all overseas colonies - a heavy price for strategic overreach. All of this occurred under the commanding gaze of US President Woodrow Wilson.

Ironically, on June 18, 2026, another US President, Donald Trump, signed a very different document - one that promises to end what even most European leaders termed an "illegal war" against Iran and Lebanon. Not a surrender, certainly, but an implicit admission of responsibility for a conflict that sections of the American media - including The New York Times - have already........

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