I’ve heard of it in private sector but not familiar about diplomacy. I looked it up, and man there’s a lot of legalise..
But long story short it’s a non-binding agreement of intention. This case for a 60 day ceasefire on roughly agreed upon issues. Hopefully with the intention of signing a more formalized treaty. One of the biggest differences between the two is a treaty requires approval from a legislative body (for us, Congress), which an MOA does not.
My gut tells me since this is basically a “pre-agreement” for a 60 day ceasefire, there’s a big hurdle on the terms somewhere. Probably on the nuclear stuff and/or Israel.
I’ve also got a strong feeling there’s a LOT of backchannel diplomatic activity (protest) going on between the US and Israel right now. Gonna be a busy week on that front. Probably between Israel and European allies too (very strained at the moment, but technically still allies).
We’re about to find out how much “leverage” Israel really has. I think they’ve had some influence sure, but not as much as some think.