Trump and Netanyahu in ‘shouting match from hell’ during Iran call – media
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly pressed US President Donald Trump to resume military strikes on Tehran during a tense weekend phone call, according to Ynet.
The conversation between the leaders was described as unusually tense, with one source calling it a 'shouting match from hell.' Netanyahu's office dismissed the report as 'fake news, absolute nonsense,' while a senior Israeli official confirmed the call took place but denied it was confrontational.
Trump said on Sunday that he saw no reason to escalate the conflict with Iran, amid opposition to renewed strikes from Washington's Arab allies in the region. He and Vice President J.D. Vance have acknowledged that the Iran war contributed to the Republicans' election defeat.
Trump stood by his decision to launch the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran on February 28. 'I did the right thing. I would have done it again,' he told the Wall Street Journal after the vote.
The war has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global energy supplies that normally carries around a fifth of the world's seaborne oil and liquefied natural gas trade.
Political crisis in Israel
Netanyahu's political future is also uncertain after his coalition failed to secure a parliamentary majority in Israel's October 27 elections.
On Sunday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked Netanyahu's main rival, former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, with forming a new government after parties representing 67 members of the 120-seat Knesset recommended him for the premiership, compared with 46 who backed Netanyahu.
Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a governing coalition, with a possible two-week extension.
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