Who drove Israel's diplomatic suicide bus: Trump or Netanyahu?

Israel's room to respond militarily has been restricted in an unprecedented manner. And its international credibility, which it will need on the day Iran violates the agreement, has collapsed

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Who drove Israel's diplomatic suicide bus: Trump or Netanyahu?

Israel's room to respond militarily has been restricted in an unprecedented manner. And its international credibility, which it will need on the day Iran violates the agreement, has collapsed

Zvi Bar'el

01:08 AM • June 17 2026 IDT

Is U.S. President Donald Trump the one who threw Israel under the bus (which he was driving)? Or was it Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who decided that this was the surest way to commit diplomatic suicide?

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