'All we can do is wait': Netanyahu's push for Iran strikes hangs on Trump’s post-midterm call
Amid the political deadlock following Israel's elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leverage on Washington to resume Iran strikes will depend on the US' own vote.
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressing the Trump administration to resume military operations against Iran, one of his senior associates told Al-Monitor.
However, those efforts have been met with reluctance in Washington, the associate acknowledged.
“Netanyahu calls people around the president several times a day," the associate said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "He is exerting heavy pressure to resume the attacks on Iran. He is also using whatever leverage he still has in the United States: Republican supporters of Israel and public opinion-makers who remain loyal to him."
While some US and Israeli media reports suggested that strikes against Iran would resume after Tuesday's US midterm elections, its likelihood appears to have diminished, according to a senior Israeli political source.
