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Originally published at CDM.press.
Media outlets in Israel reported that the weekend phone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had descended into a shouting match over whether to restart the war with Iran.
According to the reports of the Israeli media outlet Ynet as well as the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Prime Minister Netanyahu wanted to persuade Trump to return to military action against Iran in order to bring down the Iranian regime, while Trump wanted to go back to the diplomacy in order to allow talks with Tehran. The conversation between the two men reportedly developed into a “shouting match from hell”.
Netanyahu’s office called the report “fake news, complete nonsense” in a statement to Ynet. A senior official told the newspaper that although the two men did have a call over the weekend, it was “very much not a difficult conversation” and did not involve any conflict between the two leaders.
Trump remains opposed to restarting the war with Iran in comments to the press this week. In a meeting with the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is facilitating Doha-mediated contacts between the US and Iran, Trump was quoted by Just the News as saying resuming military action “doesn’t seem to be a very necessary thing.” He added that the United States is still “locked and loaded.”
The New York Post, citing the Israeli reports, wrote that Netanyahu has been trying to go to war with Iran while Trump is attempting to go with the current diplomacy with Tehran. The Post added that on Sunday’s “60 Minutes,” Trump said he doesn’t see a need to go back to war.
There is a difference between what has been reported by Israeli sources quoting unnamed sources and what the Prime Minister’s office and Trump have said on the record. The outlets described a blowup. Netanyahu’s office called that description fake.
