Axios is out with an interesting report, and the timing of it is also notable.
Trump yesterday created some more bluster in the Iran war but he might still be angling behind the scenes for a peace deal. Axios reports that in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Thursday, he told him Israel “should start redeploying its forces out of Syria and urged him to do the same in Lebanon.”
The source for the report was “US and Israeli officials” but I have to wonder if the US side wanted to leak it to send a signal to Iranian negotiators that it’s still trying to adhere to the MOU, which required Israel withdraw from Lebanon.
The report said:
“They
don’t want you there. You should redeploy,” Trump told Netanyahu,
according to the U.S. official, who added that the same is true about
Lebanon.
The report highlights that it could be politicallly tough for Netanyahu to withdraw from any areas ahead of an election in three months.
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This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.
