Text of US Envoy Witkoff's Israel - Hamas Ceasefire Proposal + Saudi Arabia Advised Iran to Negotiate with Washington + Russia Prepared to Consider Ceasefire if Europe Halts Military Aid + More

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1. Houthi rebels threaten to target Israeli civilian aircraft after latest IDF strike on Sanaa International Airport.

2. Israel to block a delegation of Middle Eastern foreign ministers from making a visit to the West Bank. The foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Turkey were slated to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday. 

3. In April, Saudi Arabia Advised Iran to Negotiate with Washington. Saudi Arabia dispatched Prince Khalid bin Salman to Tehran,  with the warning that it would be better to reach a deal with the US than face the possibility of an Israeli attack if the talks broke down, according to the two Gulf sources. 

4. Text of US Envoy Steve Witkoff's Israel - Hamas Ceasefire Proposal.

5.  Russia Prepared to Consider Ceasefire if Europe Halts Military Aid.  

Russia is prepared to consider a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine, but only if Kyiv stops receiving Western weapons and halts mobilization, Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's envoy to the United Nations, said on May 30, according to the Russian state news agency TASS. 

6. President Donald Trump has decided to appoint the next Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), Reuters reported on May 30, citing unnamed officials.  The leading candidate is reportedly U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich, who currently serves as Director for Operations of the Joint Staff. 

7.  French President Emmanuel Macron gives keynote speech at Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. 

"Giving in to Russia’s demands to annex a significant portion of Ukraine without consequences would deal a blow to American and European credibility that could be felt as far away as the Indo-Pacific." 

8.  The United States is not ruling out a reduction in forces deployed to  S. Korea, two senior American defense officials told reporters traveling with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. 

There are 28,500 U.S. troops deployed to S. Korea as part of the U.S. long-term commitment to help defend Seoul from any attack from N. Korea.