Israel

Tehran denied it began discussions on ⁠its nuclear program or agreed to invite International Atomic ​Energy ⁠Agency inspectors back to ‌the country.

The New Jersey Democrat criticized the president and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling them both “criminal” leaders.

President Trump told NBC News he spoke with Israel and expects Vice President Vance to go to Switzerland for peace talks at some point.

The Israeli public’s reckoning with Netanyahu’s performance has collided with an increasingly impatient Trump.

Bezalal Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, said construction of a 10,000-or-so-square-⁠foot building for a Jewish school in Hebron’s historic core had been approved.

Although the fighting in southern Lebanon has not stopped, the strikes have been more limited since the U.S.-Iran deal was reached, and many people displaced from the area have taken the opportunity to check on their houses.

Israel’s more focused fight in Lebanon still has the power to disrupt broader American efforts to resolve its monthslong war with Iran.

Global markets soared after the tentative deal was announced, with a signing ceremony set for Friday in Switzerland.

The vice president, in an interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas, also said text of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran won’t be released until Friday.