Netanyahu has not given up hope of convincing Trump to renew a full-scale war with Iran, Axios reports.
Mossad head Roman Goffman, one of the closest Israeli prime ministers, arrived in Washington for talks with the American administration. He met with CIA director John Ratcliffe and is then expected to travel to Miami for talks with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Trump, on the other hand, has so far rejected Netanyahu's calls for a resumption of hostilities. Instead, the US president is backing the position of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, who prefer maintaining the naval blockade and economic pressure on Tehran in the hope of reaching an agreement.
"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 would all prefer to wait," Trump said.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu faces increasing internal political problems. Following the elections on October 27, he lost his parliamentary majority, and his opponent Gadi Eisenkot received a mandate to form a new government.
Against this background, the Israeli opposition fears that Netanyahu could launch a new military operation against Iran or provoke Tehran into a retaliatory attack in order to destroy the establishment of the Eisenkot government and stay in power.