Watchwords: Tuesday, June 2

The week's pressure converges on permission — who gets to decide what Israel may do on its own borders, and the deciding kept happening anywhere but Jerusalem.

Israel ordered a strike on Hezbollah's Beirut stronghold and learned it was cancelled from a foreign president's Truth Social post seven hours later. France barred Israel's pavilion from Eurosatory but kept the interceptors on the floor — only the systems that outsell French kit got walled off. Every pressure point this week routes back to one question, who gets to say yes to what Israel does on its own borders, and this brief hands the advocate the five claims they'll hear, why each one sticks, and the line to answer it with.

Every pressure point below routes back to one question: who is allowed to say yes to what Israel does on its own borders.

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