Netanyahu is trying to convince Trump to renew the war with Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to pressure Washington to resume large-scale military operations against Iran, Axios reports. Mossad head Roman Goffman, one of Netanyahu's closest confidants, arrived in the US for negotiations. He met with CIA chief John Ratcliffe, after which he is expected to travel to Miami to see White House special envoy Steve Witkoff.
However, Trump has so far rejected calls to renew the war. Instead, he supports the position of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which advocate maintaining a naval blockade and economic pressure on Tehran. According to the American president, Saudi Arabia asked him to leave everything as it is for now, since Iran is falling apart and all the Gulf countries would prefer to wait.
The situation is complicated by the internal political crisis in Israel. After the elections on October 27, Netanyahu lost the parliamentary majority, and his opponent Gadi Eisenkot received a mandate to form a government. Against this background, representatives of the Israeli opposition fear that Netanyahu may initiate a new military operation against Iran or provoke a retaliatory attack from Tehran in order to disrupt the establishment of a new government and maintain power.
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