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Was Trump oblivious to the realities of Netanyahu’s promised ‘easy’ war on Iran?

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Was Trump oblivious to the realities of Netanyahu’s promised ‘easy’ war on Iran?
Senior US officials consider the PM’s pitch to have been overblown, creating potentially far-reaching consequences for Israel
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Senior US officials consider the PM’s pitch to have been overblown, creating potentially far-reaching consequences for Israel

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When Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on 29 December last year, the Israeli prime minister came with an appeal – and a not so subtle inducement.

After months of restocking air defence and other missiles after June’s 12-day conflict in which the US joined in to bomb Tehran’s nuclear facilities, Israel was ready to go again, this time with more substantial objectives.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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