{"id":276104,"date":"2026-02-05T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276104\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:26:07","slug":"israel-sees-little-chance-of-deal-ahead-of-oman-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276104\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel sees little chance of deal ahead of Oman talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli officials estimated on Thursday that it is unlikely that Iran and the US will reach an agreement during the slated talks between senior officials<\/a> in Oman on Friday.<\/p>\n

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to meet with US President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Muscat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is talking to us because it doesn\u2019t want us to attack them,\u201d Trump said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to Al Jazeera, the US is demanding that Iran dismantle its nuclear program, reduce the range of its ballistic missiles so they cannot reach Israel, and grant \u201ca kind of amnesty\u201d to those arrested during the 12-day war and the recent protests.<\/p>\n

It added that America was also requesting that the Islamic Republic reduce oil exports<\/a> to China and strike an agreement that will end the current hostility between Iran and America.<\/p>\n

Further, the report claimed, Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt proposed a framework agreement under which Iran would leave uranium enrichment at a 3% level and later be allowed to enrich it to a 1.5% level overall. As for the 400 kg. of uranium enriched to 60%, this stockpile would be transferred to a third country. In addition, Iran will need to agree not to export weapons and technology to proxy groups and commit to refraining from using its ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

US Vice President JD Vance said in an interview that \u201cTrump will try to achieve whatever he can through non-military means. But, if he feels that the military option is the only one left, he will choose that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AnAn Iranian missile is launched during a military exercise at an undisclosed location in Iran, August 20, 2025 (credit: IRANIAN ARMY\/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)\/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)Conflict over topics to be discussed<\/p>\n

One of the main issues where gaps remain between the US and Iran is what the talks will actually cover.<\/p>\n

The Iranians insist, at least publicly, on discussing only the nuclear issue, while the US administration is determined to negotiate on other matters as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the room for flexibility exists only on the nuclear issue,\u201d said Dr. Raz Zimmt, the director of the Iran and the Shi\u2019ite axis research program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).<\/p>\n

\u201cI see no room for flexibility on the proxy issue or on ballistic missiles. At most, the Iranians might say: \u2018Let\u2019s reach an agreement on the nuclear issue, and if that succeeds, then we can talk about other issues in the next stage.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor went on to say that he would be amazed if Iran agreed to any concessions on missiles, since they are currently the only tool that provides Tehran with a certain level of deterrence \u2013 even against Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving up the nuclear issue isn\u2019t really a concession, because they don\u2019t truly have a nuclear program,\u201d Zimmt said. \u201cThey have an air force that cannot take off \u2013 so how would they create deterrence?\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the central question is what Iran would demand in return for any concessions. \u201cIs Trump willing to release billions of dollars to them? I hope not. Will the snapback sanctions be lifted? This is where many problems are expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> told members of the Knesset\u2019s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Thursday that he did not know what Trump would ultimately decide, but that he and the US president were in close contact.<\/p>\n

Regarding the possibility that the regime in Tehran might decide to attack Israel, Netanyahu said, \u201cIf the Iranians attack us, we will respond with a force the likes of which has never been seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a meeting convened this week by Netanyahu with Witkoff, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said that \u201cif Israel is attacked, we will strike surprising and unexpected targets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli officials estimated on Thursday that it is unlikely that Iran and the US will reach an agreement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,87,92,46,43,2595,40,38,41,39,1032],"class_list":{"0":"post-276104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iran-nuclear","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-oman","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories","18":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}