Netanyahu under pressure in Israel after US-Iran agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting pressure after he was cut out of the US-Iran agreement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting pressure after he was cut out of the US-Iran agreement. Grouped from 21 articles across 10 sources.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting pressure after he was cut out of the US-Iran agreement.
While violence has declined in Lebanon since a US-Iran agreement to end the Middle East war was announced on Monday, Israeli strikes on the south have killed at least five people since the deal, according to Lebanese state media.
The 14-point Memorandum of Understanding was signed at a post-G7 dinner in France.
The 14-paragraph memo includes an end to fighting, an agreement that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and a $300bn redevelopment package for Iran.
Trump called it a historic deal. But with nuclear talks and Israel all unresolved, what did either side actually win?
The Israeli public’s reckoning with Netanyahu’s performance has collided with an increasingly impatient Trump.
There has been a reduction in violence since the US-Iran agreement was announced, but attacks have not stopped.
President Trump praised Iranian leaders while slamming his greatest ally in the Middle East, Israel, at the G7 summit on Tuesday. Nancy Cordes has more details.
Iran warns of a 'harsh response' as Lebanon attacks test the US deal and strain Trump-Netanyahu ties.
Warning comes as Trump criticises Netanyahu over Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
Republicans question details of deal set to be signed later in the week as European leaders seek to join talks. Plus: can we refreeze the Arctic? Good morning. Donald Trump, facing severe criticism from some domestic supporters for conducting a war against Iran that has met hardly any of its original objectives, has backed a joint G7 leaders’ statement that welcomes his proposed peace deal. What is the domestic criticism of the deal? Many Senate Republicans said there were still unanswered questions and they needed thorough briefings before it was finalized. Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump and a longtime hawk on Iran, said: “The way Iran describes it, it’s awful. The way we describe it, it makes sense to me. Let’s look at it and see what it actually is.” How do people in Iran feel about the deal? The Guardian’s Deepa Parent found a shared sense of exhaustion , and anger that nothing has really changed. What does the deal mean for US-Israeli relations? The strategic interests of the US and Israel appear to be diverging and Benjamin Netanyahu has been left in a political bind, facing an election having led Israel in three wars – in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran – without a clear victory in any of them. How are authorities cracking down on protests against ICE? Fifteen people in Minnesota have been charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers over their response to a deadly immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year. The prosecutors allege the defendants were part of two Minneapolis-based “antifa” groups that “violently oppose immigration law enforcement”. Continue reading...
He said he may resume a bombing campaign if he did not like the pact.
Leaders also stressed their support for Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion and agreed to increase deliveries of air defence systems
US president says the deal is ‘not final’ and backs leaders calls for wider talks on Tehran’s missile programme Trump backs G7 leaders’ call for wider talks on Iranian missile programme Analysis: Where does Iran deal leave US-Israel relationship? Trump also addressed media reports of a leaked US-Iran deal (see post at 11:57 ), denying claims it includes a $300bn reconstruction fund for Tehran. “We’re not putting up 10 cents,” he said. “We are not investing and we do not have a fund.” It’s not final. It’s a memorandum of understanding, and if I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them , dropping bombs on their head. If I don’t like it, if they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head, okay, because they’ve misbehaved for 47 years.” Continue reading...
At G7 meeting in France, president angrily rejects suggestions US will contribute to $300bn fund for Iran Europe live – latest updates Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has responded to criticism of his ceasefire deal with Iran, warning at the G7 summit that he was prepared to go back to dropping bombs and insisting the deal did not require the US to pay even 10 cents to Iran. At the same time, he has backed a G7 leaders’ joint statement that welcomes the deal but says a follow-on agreement is necessary to rein in Iran’s ballistic missile programme, an issue not directly addressed in the memorandum of understanding that is due to be signed on Friday by Iran and the US. Continue reading...
US president’s pushback on reports of provision in peace deal comes after fierce bipartisan backlash
Iran's foreign minister says Israeli troops can't remain in Lebanon under the pending deal with the U.S.
Iran's hardliners have framed the framework deal as a victory, even as Trump dismissed reports of a $300bn reconstruction fund and warned he would resume strikes if Tehran did not comply.
He said Israel has been fighting Hezbollah, the Iran-aligned Lebanese militia, for "too long".
The full US-Iran framework deal to end the war, as circulated during the G7 summit, would see Iran abandon its pursuit of a nuclear weapon in exchange for financial incentives to comply with the agreement.
Iran's top diplomat has said continued Israeli presence in Lebanon would violate the interim US–Iran deal to end the war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists Israel will remain as long as necessary.
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