The Iran Deal Comes at a Cost to Israel. The White House Hasn’t Acknowledged It.

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran has left Israel on the sidelines. Israel, the close U.S. ally that has been at war with Iran’s proxy group, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, had no role in the negotiation of it—and it shows. The MOU’s second paragraph, for example, mentions Lebanon three times and declares “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon” without making mention of Israel. What’s more, a new “deconfliction mechanism” for Lebanon that includes the United States, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar  has been announced—again, excluding Israel.