Netanyahu presses Trump to weigh military escalation against Iran while diplomacy limps on
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged President Donald Trump to consider a strike on Iran, even as the White House says negotiations with Tehran are still moving ahead.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Donald Trump on Saturday about the United States' negotiations with Iran and pushed the president to consider a military strike after the upcoming midterm elections, according to sources cited by Axios.
Trump later confirmed the conversation with reporters, saying the discussion was "very good" but offering no further details. He added that talks with Iran were "going fine" on Saturday, following a letter from Vice President JD Vance to Iran's national security chief Mohsen Rezaei.
The Jerusalem Post reports that parts of the White House are drifting back toward a more confrontational stance toward Iran after earlier diplomatic efforts. In parallel, the United States has stepped up its military footprint in the region, deploying more than ten transport aircraft to Israel over the past week and moving air-defense systems and interceptors to Israel and other regional partners.