Netanyahu will try and undermine Trump's Iran peace plan despite president's warnings: report [View all]
Source: The Independent
Saturday 20 June 2026 11:29 EDT
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely try to undermine Donald Trump’s deal with Iran, U.S. intelligence officials have reportedly warned the administration.
Current and former U.S. officials told The Washington Post Netanyahu is intent on continuing operations in Lebanon despite an agreement signed by President Trump earlier this week.
The Israeli leader is facing intense political pressure to continue the conflict, that has run in parallel to the joint attacks on Iran he launched alongside the United States in February.
But continued strikes in Lebanon - the latest of which left 16 dead on Saturday - risk deepening the growing and increasingly public cracks in Netanyahu’s relationship with the Trump administration.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/netanyahu-iran-trump-lebanon-deal-b2999594.html
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