In Israel, there was already a feeling that this would be like previous bluffs. Is Donald Trump using the announcement of military strikes as part of his negotiating strategy?
Iran
A meeting without a public decision, strategic consultations in Washington, and the question of whether diplomacy or a new military strike against Iran is imminent.
The results of the meeting between Netanyahu and Trump and why new attacks on Iran are still considered an option in Jerusalem.
Five months of war, billions in costs, thousands of airstrikes, and yet none of the actual war aims have been achieved. The Iranian nuclear program has neither been decisively shut down, nor has the mullah regime been forced to capitulate or enter into a new nuclear agreement.
Ex-IAF fighter pilot says Israel can offer American aircraft the world’s most robust layered air-defense network.
Perhaps the strategic convergence between the Mossad and the CIA will encourage the US president and his administration to act with greater resolve against Tehran.
Anyone who wants to understand the Middle East must not only be familiar with the Israeli or Western perspective. It is equally important to listen carefully to how the Arab world interprets these developments.
A look at expectations for the meeting between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, the handling of Iran, and Israeli positions on Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the Gaza Strip.
Iran’s supreme leader says there will be no deal with Washington unless Tehran’s proxy in Lebanon is protected from Israel.
“Iran and Israel are the only two countries on this planet that have a biblical relationship,” the exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said.
