The draft memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States has the support of Arab countries. Donald Trump spoke with several leaders of the Persian Gulf during a conference call on Saturday. They are in favor of an end to the conflict even if several of them did not want an end to the military operation in Iran a few weeks ago as long as there were no significant changes within the Iranian regime. The priority is now to restore regional stability, essential to the economic development of these countries which believed themselves to be safe from the risks of war.
Israel is much less enthusiastic. The Hebrew state is concerned about one of the points of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States which plans to put an end to the fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon where Israel faces Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his concerns during a telephone interview with Donald Trump. The Israeli government also takes a dim view of a possible peace agreement that does not resolve the issue of the growing production of Iranian ballistic missiles which constitutes a threat to Israel, almost as important as the nuclear threat.
Benjamin Netanyahu also has the feeling that the work is not finished in Iran since the war did not lead to a fall of the regime. The Israelis believe that the Iranian regime is doing well even though their initial goal in the conflict was to eliminate “existential threats” weighing on Israel, as the Israeli Prime Minister declared. The United States did not have the same objective.
A “disaster” for a Republican senator
The end of the war as envisaged by Donald Trump also arouses reservations in the United States among the “hawks” – these American politicians more inclined to military action than to diplomatic action – within the Republican Party. “The much talked about 60-day ceasefire – assuming Iran is in good faith – would be a disaster. Everything that was accomplished by Operation “Epic Fury” would be reduced to nothing,” reacted on X Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Ted Cruz, Republican senator from Texas, also says he is concerned. “Donald Trump should continue to defend America and enforce the red lines he has drawn,” he wrote on X. A few weeks ago, the American president promised that there would be no agreement without “an unconditional surrender” of Iran.
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