CNN reports that Israel is planning to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration is actively negotiating a nuclear treaty.
“Officials caution it’s not clear that Israeli leaders have made a final decision, and that in fact, there is deep disagreement within the US government about the likelihood that Israel will ultimately act. Whether and how Israel strikes will likely depend on what it thinks of the US negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program,” CNN reports.
Why would Israel thwart the U.S. deal when so much of its own military is built on U.S. donations? To sabotage that deal, according to a source.
“I think it’s more likely they strike to try and get the deal to fall apart if they think Trump is going to settle for a ‘bad deal,’” the US intelligence source told CNN. “The Israelis have not been shy about signaling that to us … both publicly and privately.”
The source says that the U.S. is “unlikely” to help if Israel moves forward with this plan but the U.S. would be dragged into a war with Iran if it escalates.
White House sources also told Axios that President Trump wants the war in Gaza to end because the optics of so many civilian deaths is bad.
“The president is frustrated about what is happening in Gaza. He wants the war to end, he wants the hostages to come home, he wants aid to go in and he wants to start rebuilding Gaza,” one White House official said.
He is really the only one who can stop it but will he?
