'Bibi needs war, Trump needs a deal', US official tells Axios
The events of the past 24 hours have further exposed growing differences between Washington and Jerusalem over the future of the conflict, according to US and Israeli sources cited by Axios.
The report said recent developments underscore a widening gap between both the strategic interests of the United States and Israel and the political interests of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Bibi needs the war to continue to stay politically alive in Israel, and Trump needs the war to end to stay politically alive in the U.S.," a US official told Axios.
