Missing peace: will Israel imperil Iran deal?

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Rosie Blau.

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  And I'm Jason Palmer.

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  Today on the show, a whopper El Niño, and why Japan's popular princess will never take the throne.

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  First up, though,

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  It's been four days since peace talks between America and Iran began.

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  These came after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding last week.

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  In theory, the deal ends the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, unfreezes Iranian assets,

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  and begins a 60-day period of negotiations over the future of Iran's uranium stockpile.

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  At Iran's insistence, it also includes a commitment to a ceasefire in Lebanon

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  between Israel and Hizbullah, an Iran-backed Shia militia.

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  The question now is whether that conflict could undermine the prospects of long-term peace in the Middle East.

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  The village of Majdal Zoun, seven kilometers north of Israel's border with Lebanon, is deserted.

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  Anshel Pfeffer is our Israel correspondent.

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  It's a Shia village.

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  It has been empty now for a while.

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  And even though it was very dark there,

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  you could see that many of the buildings have been destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

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  There's no electricity,

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