The gap between Netanyahu's Iran promises and reality is an 'abyss', analyst says

By Al Jazeera English

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Israeli media reports that Donald Trump has called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reassure him that a final agreement with Iran will stop its nuclear program. Netanyahu reportedly told the US president that Israel would preserve its freedom to act against regional threats. In an interview on Al Jazeera, political analyst and author Akiva Eldar said the gap between what Netanyahu wants and what he promised the Israeli people is "not a gap, it's an abyss." He contrasted the 2015 JCPOA agreement with the current deal being negotiated, noting that Netanyahu promised Israelis "regime change and a complete destruction of the infrastructure of long-range missiles." Eldar added: "People who lost their homes in the last war are still waiting to see the money from the government." Eldar said Netanyahu put "all his chips" on Trump but argued that the American public is "fed up" with Netanyahu dragging the US into a war that has nothing to do with their interests. "They have a long weekend,

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