Israel would likely carry out a strike on Iran alone if military action were taken while nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran continue, an Israeli official told the Associated Press.
“It is understood that should Israel choose to carry out a strike on Iran, it would likely be doing so alone — so long as negotiations are underway,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Iran will not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. “I said to President Trump that I hope that this is what the negotiators will do,” he said in a recent speech. “But I said one way or the other – Iran will not have nuclear weapons.”
“He can’t do anything that goes against Trump. He’s paralyzed,” said Yoel Guzansky, an Iran expert at the Institute for National Security Studies, about the Israeli prime minister.
“He was banking on Israel’s position relative to Iran to improve under Trump. In practice, it’s the opposite,” said Eytan Gilboa, a US-Israel relations expert at Bar-Ilan University.
