Netanyahu's inner circle is pinning blame on Trump for squandering a genuine shot at toppling Tehran's leadership by arming Iran's Kurdish minority. The plan to overthrow the Iranian regime with Kurdish cooperation was comprehensive and detailed, according to a senior intelligence source. The Kurds were reportedly eager to assist the US and Israel, viewing an invasion of Iran as a step toward the ethnic group's ultimate goal of establishing their own independent state. But Washington hit the brakes at the last minute, the Israel intelligence source added.
Benjamin Netanyahu is seething as Donald Trump edges closer to striking a peace deal with Iran , leaving the Israeli prime minister wishing Barack Obama were back in the White House, according to a new report.
Netanyahu privately views the looming US-Iran pact as an unmitigated catastrophe and lays the blame squarely at Trump's feet, a senior political source revealed to Al-Monitor.
'This time, the prime minister’s hands are tied. He is completely paralyzed and knows that he will not be able to do anything, even if the agreement signed between the United States and Iran remains the disaster he now defines it as,' one of Netanyahu’s close associates told the outlet. So deep is Netanyahu's despair that he now yearns for the days of Joe Biden and even Obama, who he famously clashed with, the insider said.
The Israeli leader, however, is now forced to fall in line behind Trump. The still-to-be-finalized agreement has ignited speculation in Israel that Netanyahu may be forced to step aside to dodge an electoral wipeout and avoid a possible prison sentence that could result from a long-running corruption case.
'A US-Iran agreement will affect Netanyahu’s decision on whether to run in the upcoming elections or conclude that it is time to quit in exchange for a plea bargain,' the source close to Netanyahu told Al-Monitor. Netanyahu's inner circle is also pinning blame on Trump for squandering what Israeli security chiefs saw as a genuine shot at toppling Tehran's leadership by arming Iran's Kurdish minority.
The plan, however, was reportedly killed by Trump at the eleventh hour under pressure from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
'He is completely paralyzed and knows that he will not be able to do anything, even if the agreement signed between the United States and Iran remains the disaster he now defines it as,' said a source close to Netanyahu. Netanyahu's inner circle are also pinning blame on Trump for squandering what Israeli security chiefs saw as a genuine shot at toppling Tehran's leadership using Iran's Kurdish minority.
At the start of the war, reports emerged suggesting that Kurdish fighters from Iraq would cross the border into Iran under Israeli and US air cover. Trump had privately backed the idea in the early stages of the war but ultimately pulled out to avoid escalating the conflict beyond airstrikes, according to the report. The plan to overthrow the Iranian regime with Kurdish cooperation was comprehensive and detailed, according to a senior intelligence source.
The Kurds were reportedly eager to assist the US and Israel, viewing an invasion of Iran as a step toward the ethnic group's ultimate goal of establishing their own independent state. But Washington hit the brakes at the last minute, the Israel intelligence source added. Erdogan has long opposed Kurdish independence in the Middle East because Turkey is home to its own large Kurdish minority.
The Turkish leader fears that an independent Kurdish state on his borders would embolden militant separatist movements within his country. Trump also repeatedly postponed and cancelled significant operational plans to overthrow the regime in order to avoid prolonging US involvement in the conflict. The President on Friday has suggested he is moving closer to striking a nuclear deal with Iran.
He gave three red lines before a deal could be struck: Iran must vow never to pursue a nuclear bomb, hand over its enriched uranium, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, Trump reportedly emerged from the meeting without agreeing to sign a deal with the regime, according to the New York Times
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