Axios: Bibi defies Trump on Iran strikes

☎️ Bibi defies Trump on Iran strikes
 
Photo illustration of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump with a ship firing missiles in the background
Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Joe Raedle, Kenny Holston/Pool, and the U.S. Navy via Getty Images
 
The war between Israel and Iran resumed yesterday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defied President Trump’s request to stand down, with the two nations exchanging attacks — Israeli strikes on Tehran and Iranian missile launches toward Tel Aviv, Axios’ Barak Ravid writes.

Why it matters: The attacks last night and this morning are the most significant escalation since the April 8 ceasefire, and threaten to unravel the Trump administration’s negotiations with Iran and draw the U.S. back into the war.

“Israel and Iran must immediately stop shooting,” Trump wrote on Truth Social this morning.Israel first attacked Beirut, then Iran responded by launching a barrage of missiles toward Israel.

🔎 Behind the scenes: Trump told Netanyahu during a call to hold off because “we are close to doing something good in terms of a deal,” a U.S. official told Barak.

A U.S. defense official said the U.S. military wasn’t involved in the Israeli strikes, which he described as “relatively limited.

Iran had threatened to expand its attacks and target U.S. bases in the region if Israel retaliated.

Further exchanges of fire could unravel the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran and reignite the war.Keep reading.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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