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US-Israel war with Iran: Was Trump persuaded by Netanyahu? | The Global Story
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23:33Now PlayingWas Donald Trump persuaded by Benjamin Netanyahu to start the war with Iran?
For Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the war with Iran is the culmination of a long-standing political ambition.
On Sunday, Netanyahu said he was finally doing what he had “hoped to achieve for 40 years – to crush the regime of terror completely”. Polling suggests the war is popular in Israel too.
But it’s a lot more complicated for Donald Trump. He was elected on a promise to end foreign wars, and current polling suggests the war is not supported by most Americans.
We talk to the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen about whether this war, which Netanyahu says is an opportunity, complements or collides with Donald Trump’s own interests.
We ask: how could the war with Iran could end?
And we ask if Benjamin Netanyahu has everything to gain from this war, and Donald Trump a lot more to lose?
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