A preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran has been signed and its details will be released soon, U.S. President Donald Trump has said.
Trump made the comment on Monday while speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France. Senior U.S. officials have brought some elements of the agreement to light. They said the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened from Friday, the day the agreement is formally signed in Geneva.
Meanwhile, the U.S. agreement with Iran and the announcement of a ceasefire are seen as having become a “political nightmare” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It has damaged three key pillars of his long political career and left him in a new security crisis. Questions have been raised over how his main U.S. ally struck the Iran deal while sidelining him — a man who presented himself as Washington’s “political adviser” and held strong influence over American politicians — and how he was so publicly humiliated.
How did the man who placed confronting Iran at the center of Israel’s security planning come to face a situation in which Iran is in a stronger position than before the war?
Moreover, Washington and Tehran’s demands to halt the attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon have now put the political image of Netanyahu, known as Israel’s “Mr. Security,” into crisis, especially just months before a general election in the country.
Netanyahu now has no good options. In the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, on Monday, opposition leader Yair Lapid said: “He now has only two paths open — either a direct and severe confrontation with our biggest ally, or sacrificing Israeli interests.”
U.S. President Donald Trump recently said that by ordering the strike on Beirut on Sunday, Netanyahu had shown no good judgment.
Netanyahu’s political rivals and media commentators in Israel have seized on Trump’s remarks. With an election due before October, the opposition is now making use of the opportunity.
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