{"id":573866,"date":"2026-08-03T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/573866\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:22:11","slug":"lacking-leverage-over-trump-israel-stays-quiet-on-us-iran-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/573866\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacking leverage over Trump, Israel stays quiet on US-Iran talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEL AVIV \u2014 President Donald Trump’s decision to pause strikes on Iran and pursue diplomacy once again has underscored a difficult reality for Israel \u2014 despite months of pressing Washington to sustain military pressure on Iran, Israeli officials appear to have had little sway in the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Israeli leadership<\/a> realizes it has little to no influence over decision-making in Washington on the Iran file. That is why the government has not reacted publicly to reports about the potential resumption of talks between Washington and Tehran,\u201d Raz Zimmt, director of the Iran and the Shiite Axis Research Program at the Institute for National Security Studies, told Al-Monitor.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Trump said negotiations with Iran to finalize a deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz would begin Monday. Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said that he had called off a major attack on Iran over the weekend following requests from allies. \u201cWe were all set to go at this time right now, and it would have been a massive attack\u2026 but [then] the allies asked to call it off\u2026 The reason they asked is they think there\u2019s a deal,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor any other cabinet minister reacted publicly to Trump\u2019s statement, indicating that Israel had been left in the dark over the weekend regarding Trump\u2019s intentions toward Iran, Zimmt said.<\/p>\n

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