Netanyahu holds fire as Trump may be setting another trap for Iran

Netanyahu holds fire as Trump may be setting another trap for Iran

YnetNews.com reports: “U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his threats toward Iran over the past day while at the same time inviting Tehran back to the negotiating table, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains uncertain about what Trump will ultimately decide and has so far remained in a holding pattern, issuing his own clear warnings toward the clerical regime. Some observers even suggest Trump may be deliberately drawing Iran into a trap similar to last June’s 12-day war.

It appears Trump himself has not yet made a final decision on how to handle Iran. Meanwhile, several countries — including Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Egypt — are working behind the scenes to mediate between Washington and Tehran.

Washington is offering Tehran a deal that would include abandoning its nuclear program, including giving up uranium enrichment and transferring its stockpile to a third country, scaling back its ballistic missile program, possibly limiting missile ranges so they cannot reach Israel, and ending its campaign of terror and support for proxy groups such as Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas and Shiite militias in Iraq…”

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