The real test will come in a week, once the Memorial Day and Independence Day ceremonies and speeches are over. Not just Netanyahu’s test but that of his rivals in the war cabinet Gantz, Gallant and Eisenkot. Whether to defy Biden and launch an operation in Rafah or take the deal

Don’t take seriously anything Israeli leaders say in the next 6 days, certainly not what they say in public. No politician can immediately respond to the US President saying he’ll block arms supplies without patriotic bravado. Certainly not in the week before Independence Day >

In The Atlantic Daily, Yair Rosenberg lays out four points about the Gaza cease-fire talks that guide his own reporting and help him untangle where things stand: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

bookmark this Yair Rosenberg piece, and consult it the next time you see a headline about a 'ceasefire' being 'accepted' by either side: theatln.tc/ypbufv6n

I wrote about the Gaza ceasefire yesterday that wasn't, why it's so hard to know what's really going on in the Hamas-Israel negotiations, and my tricks for cutting through the spin and noise: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

As an addendum, Yair Rosenberg as usual, cuts through some of the claims and counter-claims of what's happening in the diplomacy around Gaza insightfully here. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

I wrote about the Gaza ceasefire yesterday that wasn't, why it's so hard to know what's really going on in the Hamas-Israel negotiations, and my tricks for cutting through the spin and noise: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

'The anonymous senator... said he and many of his fellow senators initially voted yes to no confidence 'out of fear of being doxxed' for voting against. He said they changed their votes of no confidence during the closed session when they felt safer to express their own beliefs.'

The exact numbers don't matter at this stage, and much more will come down to swing states, but Biden has closed the polling gap with Trump--just as some of us expected given (a) Trump being nominated and (b) general economic improvement.

This piece on the profound promise and peril of AI voice technology is Charlie Warzel at his best. Highly recommended look into something that is already reshaping our worlds and whose impact will only grow: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Good, straightforward breakdown by Annie Lowrey on what college divestment would actually entail, whether it's doable (complicated, but yes), and whether it would have any major economic impact (probably not, but sometimes symbolism is the point): theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…