Behind the scenes of Trump’s “urging for peace”: Netanyahu needs the war to continue, while Trump wants the opposite

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Golden Finance reports that on June 9th, according to Axios, Trump has been working to prevent a full-scale restart of the war in the past 24 hours. He is caught in a dilemma: on one hand, he understands that Netanyahu is almost unlikely to ignore Iran's missile attacks; on the other hand, he worries that this cycle of retaliation could escalate into a full-scale war. Netanyahu's logic is that if Iran is not retaliated against, it will send a signal to the outside world that Iran has the upper hand and can deter the US and Israel from taking military action. When Trump ended the call advising Netanyahu not to retaliate, the latter did not make a clear decision. Some US officials involved in the call believe that Trump successfully gained more time. However, Netanyahu believes that although Trump opposes retaliatory strikes, "this is not a clear statement of 'don't do it'." US and Israeli sources say that the events of the past 24 hours further demonstrate that the strategic interests of the US and Israel, as well as the political interests of Trump and Netanyahu, are increasingly diverging. One US official said, "Netanyahu needs the war to continue in order to maintain his political life in Israel; while Trump needs the war to end in order to maintain his political life in the US."
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