Netanyahu is trying to convince Trump to renew a full-scale war with Iran. Axios.
According to Axios, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to seek Washington to resume large-scale military operations against Iran.
Mossad Director Roman Hoffman, 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.
"Saudi Arabia asked me to leave everything as it is for now, because Iran is falling apart. Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain - they all prefer to wait," said the American president.
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.