Nuclear negotiations with Iran may serve as an effective smokescreen, providing cover as Washington and Jerusalem again join forces together toward a definitive war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is en route to the White House for his seventh meeting in the United States with U.S. President Donald Trump, barely six weeks after their previous meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Each meeting has carried unique significance in Israel’s two-year-plus regional war against Iran and its network of terror proxies.
The background
Previous meetings proved key in helping Israel secure the necessary weaponry and diplomatic backing to sustain more than two years of complex fighting against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. It also included a major campaign to demilitarize Syria and protect minority groups after the fall of its longtime dictatorial president, Bashar Assad.