Trump refused Netanyahu's request to restart the Iran war before Israel's election Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed for a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran before Tuesday's election, but Trump did not give the green light, CNN reports, citing US officials and an Israeli security source. According to the Israeli source, one of the reasons was a warning by Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kane, that a new war would damage the vote and lead to its postponement. US forces in the region are ready to launch new, potentially major operations against Iran within 96 hours of Trump's order. "The plans are ready, waiting for Trump's approval, may be after the middle of the term," said the Israeli source. Channel 12 separately reported that Netanyahu had ordered some kind of military action before the elections, leading to an unprecedented clash with Zamir.

Trump refused Netanyahu's request to restart the Iran war before Israel's election Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed for a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran before Tuesday's election, but Trump did not give the green light, CNN reports, citing US officials and an Israeli security source. According to the Israeli source, one of the reasons was a warning by Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kane, that a new war would damage the vote and lead to its postponement. US forces in the region are ready to launch new, potentially major operations against Iran within 96 hours of Trump's order. "The plans are ready, waiting for Trump's approval, may be after the middle of the term," said the Israeli source. Channel 12 separately reported that Netanyahu had ordered some kind of military action before the elections, leading to an unprecedented clash with Zamir.