Israel was notably left out of the talks that led to the newly brokered two-week ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran, even though the Jewish state had ultimately agreed on the time frame.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly wanted President Donald Trump to follow through on his Tuesday night threat against the Islamic regime, but a deal was struck before the world could find out what Trump meant by “A whole civilization will die tonight.”
Hours before the 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline, Netanyahu signaled in a video that the Israeli military would continue to “crush the Iranian terror regime” while it is on the defensive. Israel’s apparent plan was to continue waging war for another one or two months to further destabilize Tehran, Politico reported before the temporary ceasefire was struck.
It is perhaps because of this adversarial stance that Israeli negotiators did not play a substantive role in
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