Netanyahu Presses Trump Daily to Resume Iran War, Report Says
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MENAFN“Netanyahu calls him every day [to urge him to resume the war],” a person briefed on the discussions told the British newspaper.
Figures inside and outside the White House who oppose renewed fighting have been working to counter the pressure, the source said.
“The regional leaders are telling him (Trump) not to escalate and prioritise negotiations,” the source said.
Another person familiar with the situation in Israel said Netanyahu wants military action to resume, but that there is currently no coordinated “push” to persuade Trump.
According to the newspaper, Arab and Muslim leaders have grown alarmed by Netanyahu’s persistent lobbying for a return to war.
On Monday, Trump said Gulf allies oppose a new military campaign against Tehran.
“Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and others would prefer the status quo,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post after talks with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
Netanyahu, who remains caretaker prime minister after last month’s inconclusive Israeli elections, has called for renewed US-Israeli strikes aimed at forcing the collapse of Iran’s government.
Trump, however, said there was “positive momentum” toward ending the nearly nine-month war and that renewed US strikes on Iran now appeared “quite unlikely.”
Diplomacy
A diplomat briefed on Trump’s meeting with the Qatari prime minister said there was agreement that “diplomacy is the preferred way forward to get a deal.”
The newspaper reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have spoken with Trump in recent days, urging him to give diplomacy more time. Regional leaders fear renewed fighting could provoke a broader Iranian response and deepen instability across the Middle East, the report said.
Iran has warned it is prepared to answer any renewed attacks and could widen the conflict beyond the Middle East.
Mediators have struggled for weeks to break the deadlock between Washington and Tehran over an interim agreement. Both sides are discussing a proposal built on a seven-day plan Iran presented in September, which Trump previously rejected.
On Monday, a Qatar-based satellite broadcaster reported that Sheikh Mohammed’s separate talks with Trump and Vice President JD Vance had made “good progress” on Iran, citing a source familiar with the discussions. A diplomatic source told the channel the talks aimed to narrow differences between Washington and Tehran and advance negotiations.
Meanwhile, an unnamed Iranian official told a semi-official news agency on Monday that reports of talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the release of $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets were false. The official said Tehran would negotiate only within the framework of seven conditions it has conveyed to Washington, including lifting the naval blockade and unilateral sanctions, releasing frozen assets and ending the war.
The US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. A memorandum of understanding to end hostilities was reached in July, but fighting resumed as diplomatic efforts stalled.
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