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Netanyahu Flies to Washington: Iran War and Saudi Nuclear Deal
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NPR's Emily Feng reports from Tel Aviv that Netanyahu convened a cabinet meeting before boarding his flight to the United States, where he will first attend the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham — a staunch ally of Israel — before sitting down with President Trump on Tuesday. The bilateral agenda is dense: front and center is the ongoing war with Iran, during which the U.S. has paused its own strikes for two days, though Israel has signalled its readiness to re-engage. Iran's military spokesperson fired back, accusing Israel of engineering a scenario designed to pull the U.S. into an expanded conflict. Complicating matters further, Netanyahu is alarmed by a newly signed U.S.-Saudi nuclear energy agreement, which Israel has historically opposed on the grounds that it could one day give the kingdom a pathway to nuclear weapons. An Israeli poll found that more than 90% of Israelis believed the abandoned ceasefire had favored Iranian interests — a striking indicator of Israeli public opinion heading into the Washington talks. [1] — Emily Feng "Israeli PM Netanyahu is flying to Washington for a Tuesday summit with President Trump, with the Iran war and a new U.S.-Saudi nuclear ener…" 00:34
Israeli PM Netanyahu is flying to Washington for a Tuesday summit with President Trump, with the Iran war and a new U.S.-Saudi nuclear energy deal both on the table. Iran's military says Tel Aviv is trying to drag the U.S. into a wider conflict.
An Israeli poll found more than 90% of Israelis believed the now-abandoned U.S.-Iran ceasefire favored Iranian interests.
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