Yesterday’s headline in Israel’s Yediot Aharonot, summed up in two words the prevailing sentiment in Israel over President Trump’s emerging cease-fire agreement with Iran: “Bad Deal.”

What is to be signed is not a peace agreement, it is not the unconditional surrender document President Trump promised in the early days of the war and, for all practical purposes, simply resets things to where they were when the war began with little mention of the things that are most important to us here in Israel.

Basically, the document is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two parties, the US and Iran, and leaves out Israel, which until most recently was a full partner on whom the US depended for significant military support, which report was fully granted.

Parsing the available information, but without access to the full text of the MOU which is still in discussion, following seem to be the key points:

Both the US and Iran will halt military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.

The Strait of Hormuz will open immediately upon signing of the MOU.

The US will begin dismantling its naval blockade of Iran immediately.

Iran pledges to clear the mines it scattered across the Strait of Hormuz.

The cease-fire will be extended for another 60 days to allow for talks on a final accord.

The two sides will begin tackling the nuclear issues in detail in a new round of negotiations.

Iran affirmed that it........

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