The Trump administration feels “confident” that Israel “will get on board” with the deal between US and Iran, a senior US administration official stated Friday.
“We feel like when they see the full terms of the deal and when they appreciate that fundamentally that there has to be delivery from the Iranians before we deliver any of the benefits, that they’re comfortable with that,” the official informed reporters, suggesting that the complete phrases of the memorandum of understanding haven’t but been shared with the US’ regional allies.
President Donald Trump has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, the official stated.
Netanyahu has lengthy been skeptical {that a} deal with Iran will be reached and in latest weeks has grown more and more involved that the US could settle for an agreement that, in Israel’s view, wouldn’t be as hardline as they need or meet the aims of the conflict, sources stated.
The senior administration official acknowledged “some skepticism” by Israel “of the misreported details that we’ve seen out there.”
“We feel confident that the deal that we’re actually going to strike, assuming we get there, is going to be a deal that everybody in the region can be comfortable with,” they stated.
The senior administration official didn’t rule out future army motion by Israel in Lebanon, which has threatened to scuttle US-Iran diplomatic efforts, saying they “put it back on Hezbollah and on the Iranians.”
They stated the “broad regional peace agreement” does embrace Lebanon, in addition to Israel and the Gulf, however “that doesn’t mean they give up the right to self-defense.”
“If the Iranians don’t honor their end of the obligation, I wouldn’t expect the Israelis to not respond,” the official stated.