Daniel B. Shapiro

American diplomat

45 stories

36 quotes

Already confronting one open-ended conflict with Iran, with an overstretched Navy and a diminishing munitions stockpile, it’s unsurprising that he does not want to open this new front,
That said, the Trump administration needs to demonstrate much more determination to pressure the Israeli government to shut down this violence. They seem to want to avoid a clash with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu ahead of the Israeli elections,
Ambassador Huckabee’s recent characterization of those engaged in violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank as ‘Israeli terrorists’ is accurate. He may have used Biblical allusions to address the perpetrators in language they might understand,
Returning personnel to missions that were partly evacuated suggests the administration believes the war is winding down,
  • said Dan Shapiro, who was the U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration and a Department of Defense official focused on the Middle East during the Biden administration
    The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/08…
The war in Iran didn’t just delay decisions on this, I think it has weakened the appetite of some of the countries involved,
The protests popped up and the regime was seemingly on the rocks. [Netanyahu and Trump] believed it just needed a simple push and it would get them to topple,

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Hizbollah chief calls on Lebanese government to cancel talks with Israel

Financial Timesft.com/content/4fefa60a…

Israeli troops conducted raids and airstrikes in areas including Bint Jbeil, described by the Israeli military as a key Hezbollah stronghold, while Hezbollah fired rockets and kamikaze drones toward northern Israel, triggering sirens across the Galilee and damaging sites including a historic church in Nahariya

International Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/israel/hezbolla…