While threats of a resumption of hostilities are increasing between Tehran and Washington, Donald Trump assured the press this Wednesday, May 20, that his Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu would do “whatever (he) wants him to do.”
In the absence of a breakthrough in peace negotiations, Donald Trump continues to threaten Iran with a resumption of hostilities. And he assures us: if he decided to break the ceasefire in force since April 8, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, would be at his side.
“He will do everything I want him to do,” assured the American president to the press this Wednesday, May 20, from Andrews base in Maryland. Beyond a surge of authority over his ally, in fact, it would seem that the Israeli leader does not look unfavorably on a resumption of the conflict against his worst enemy.
The Israeli army said it was on “maximum alert level” this Wednesday after new threats between Tehran and Washington.
For Iran, the United States “seeks to start a new war”
The main Iranian negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, for his part accused the United States of wanting to restart the war, while still hoping for a surrender by the Islamic Republic.
“The enemy’s maneuvers, both public and behind the scenes, show that, despite economic and political pressure, he has not given up on his military objectives and is seeking to start a new war,” declared the man who is also the speaker of Parliament in an audio message relayed by Iranian media. added that Iran must “strengthen its preparations in order to provide a strong response to any new attack”, assuring that “Iran would never give in to intimidation” even if Washington “always hoped for the capitulation of the Iranian nation”.
The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, have also threatened to extend the war “beyond the region” of the Middle East if the United States attacks it again.
After a first unsuccessful negotiation session in Islamabad on April 11, discussions between the United States and Iran, via mediators including Pakistan, have stalled for more than a month, with each party sticking to its positions. This Tuesday, Donald Trump gave Tehran “two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday, something like that, maybe at the beginning of next week” to find an agreement. Note that the American president’s timetable ultimatums are rarely followed up on.
