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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was silent on Wednesday as President Trump released and signed a deal that Israeli
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Netanyahu promised the Israeli public "total victory" in Iran.
Key facts
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was silent on Wednesday as President Trump released and signed a deal that Israeli officials see as a strategic and political disaster
- The White House says this won't be a "one-sided ceasefire" and Israel will can retaliate if Hezbollah attacks
- Netanyahu stands alone internationally in his belief that the deal is a mistake and the war should have continued
- Behind the scenes: Instead of public denunciations, Israeli officials have been expressing deep concern about the deal in background briefings with Israeli reporters
Summary
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was silent on Wednesday as President Trump released and signed a deal that Israeli officials see as a strategic and political disaster. Netanyahu stands alone internationally in his belief that the deal is a mistake and the war should have continued. Even the United Arab Emirates, which had been the most hawkish of the Gulf states, decided to join the regional consensus in favor of the deal. In Washington too, Netanyahu's allies in the GOP and in the media are reluctant to fully trash a deal that carries Trump's imprimatur. There will be no repeat of Netanyahu's address to Congress in 2015 to rally opposition to President Obama's Iran deal.