Netanyahu surpassed Trump against Iran. Now, America is risking getting stuck in another war | Mohamad Bazzi

bIsrael unleashes a wave of air strikes before dawn on Friday Iran’s 100 goalsincluding nuclear facilities, ballistic missile plants and air defense systems. Surprise Israeli attacks also killed some of Iran’s most senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. The Iranian regime calls it a “declaration of war” – Western Powers compete to prevent wider regional conflicts in the United States along with other countries in the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims he is trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, but the attack aims to blow up ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Donald Trump’s administration. While Trump’s overall foreign policy has been a disaster, he has been in the works for months Boycott Netanyahu’s plea With the assistance of the United States, give Israel a green light to attack Iran. Trump insists that he hopes for an opportunity to negotiate a deal with the Iranian leader that will force Tehran to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for relief from us and other international sanctions.

After Friday’s attack, Trump suggested that the Iranian regime could still convince negotiations, Talk about Tehran “An agreement must be reached, nothing left.” He added that Israel could conduct further attacks, which would be “more cruel.” His Secretary of State Marco Rubio did it before Trump made aggressive comments “Unilateral action” And warned Tehran not to target US military bases or Middle East embassies. “We are not involved in the strike against Iran, our priority is to protect the U.S. military in the region,” Rubio said.

It is hard to imagine Netanyahu launching such a strong attack on Iran without Trump’s acquiescence. Like all modern American presidents, Trump is also with Billions of dollars in weapons and undermines international law and institutions like the UN Security Council to protect Israel from criticism. But Trump also claims to be a trader’s reputation and has invested in important political capital to reach an agreement with Iran. According to reports, during this week’s call, the president Tell the Prime Minister He prefers diplomacy.

Netanyahu surpassed Trump by attacking Iran and torpedo negotiations – Israeli leaders are likely to plunge the United States into a new Middle East conflict, which Trump insists he doesn’t want. Netanyahu has launched several wars in the region since Hamas attacked the south Israel In October 2023, he is confident that the United States will save him forever. Even if Israel launches a war against Gaza, which is followed by a two-month ground invasion on Lebanon and frequent attacks on Syria, it will still gain nearly unlimited US weapons and political support from Washington.

Is it surprising that Netanyahu is under greater risk to destroy several Israeli neighbors and is now threatening to swallow up the wider Middle East in regional wars? Starting with the firm support of the Joe Biden administration and continuing with Trump, Netanyahu knows that the United States will always protect Israel from its escalation and adventurous spirit. Taxpayers in the United States are making payments to the bill: from October 2023 to September 2024, We provide Israel Weapons have nearly $18 billion, while the Pentagon spent another $4.9 billion on military activities in the Middle East. This is $22.7 billion in U.S. funds, allowing Netanyahu to prolong Israel’s brutal war against Gaza, which is Israel’s offensive Convicted of war crimes And triggered allegations of genocide.

Trump administration announced in February it would send more than $800 million New weapons for Israel – Continue Biden’s failed policy of unbound arms transport and unwavering political support for Netanyahu. Trump is said to have failed to use his most effective leverage to Israeli Prime Minister so far: providing American weapons and political cover.

Even though Trump is Continuous Proposition He wants to be a peacemaker, ending the legacy of America’s eternal war, and he now risks being another U.S. president, who is struggling in a catastrophic conflict in the Middle East – thanks to his refusal to restrict Netanyahu, an American ally who has not paid any price for his warmth.

Trump strengthened his desire to establish himself as a mediator in his inaugural address in January, where he would end global conflicts, including those in Ukraine and Gaza, and avoid new wars altogether. “My most proudest legacy will be the peacemaker and uniter.” He said. Trump won the Nobel Peace Prize in his first year of office in 2009, and Trump received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, while Trump received the honors, even though he facilitated a series of diplomatic deals in 2020, but was known as the Abraham Agreement between Israel and several Arab countries.

If Trump has any hope of winning the Nobel Prize – even saving a minor legacy as a peacemaker – he will need to repair Iran He tore his agreement seven years ago.

In 2018, Trump unilaterally withdrew a U.S. deal signed by Obama in his first term and spent years negotiating with six world powers under which Tehran restricted its nuclear abundance in exchange for sanctions relief. The 2015 agreement Trump calls “disaster” allows Iran to continue to produce nuclear fuel at low levels, enough to operate nuclear power plants but not weapons. After Trump abandoned the original deal, Iran is closer than ever to developing nuclear weapons. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as of the beginning of this year, Tehran had already been Enough rich in uranium To produce six nuclear weapons, although Iran still needs up to a year of additional work to develop the actual nuclear warhead and deploy it on the missile.

Early in his second term, Trump seemed eager to reach a new deal with Iran: He sent a letter Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States wants to restart negotiations that the Biden administration has abandoned. As he often did in negotiations with the enemy and the enemy, Trump then issued a threat warning Iranian leaders that if diplomacy fails, they will be “bombarded such people they have never seen.”

In March, Trump sent his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to lead a team of U.S. negotiators to meet with top Iranian officials during most indirect negotiations introduced by Oman. Since then, Iran and the United States have held five rounds of negotiations. The next round of negotiations should be held on Sunday, with Witkov heading to Oman.

In Friday’s attack, Israel kills Ali Shamkaniis one of the top Iranian officials responsible for nuclear negotiations with the United States. Shamkhani is the supreme assistant to the Iranian supreme leader and is not a formal part of the Iranian delegation in the current U.S. talks, but he has played a key role in overseeing nuclear policy.

Iran has quit The latest talks are scheduled for this weekend. Netanyahu may destroy Trump’s chances of reaching a deal with Iran – the prime minister increases the possibility of another catastrophic war.