Trump pressures Netanyahu to stop his attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon and keep negotiations with Iran afloat

Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Muniran unexpected peace mediator with stripes on the battlefield, landed yesterday in Tehran to deliver Washington’s last message to Iranian leaders. Confident in the ability of the military leader, the head of Iranian diplomacy, Abás Araqchiwelcomed him at the foot of the track, smiling.

Simultaneously, the Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Shariftook another plane to the Saudi city of Jeddah, bathed by the Red Sea. His visit, the first stop on a tour of the Gulf, sought to reassure the crown prince, Mohamed bin Salmanreluctant to make peace with an Iranian regime emboldened by the mere idea of ​​its survival.

The communication channel between Washington and Tehran has not been interrupted since the first round of dialogue in Islamabad ended last Saturday, according to the agency. Reuters. Last Saturday’s meeting lasted 21 hours. A diplomatic marathon that ended without significant progress beyond the willingness to continue negotiating.

The peace process may continue to take shape as soon as this weekend. The specific date remains to be set, but Trump announced on Tuesday in an interview with the New York Post that negotiations with Iran “could take place in the next two days.” “I think you are going to see two amazing days ahead,” the US president reiterated in another interview with ABC News.

“I think that [la guerra] It’s close to finishing, yes. I mean, I see it very close to finishing. We’ll see what happens. I think that [los iraníes] “they really want to reach an agreement,” he had slipped a week before in Fox Business Network.

The tenant of the White House does not consider it necessary to extend the ceasefire. The fifteen-day truce expires next Wednesday, and Leavitt denied this Wednesday that the United States had asked to extend the deadline. The White House spokeswoman conceded, however, that the talks “are productive and continuing, and that is the situation at this time.”

“I’ve also seen some reports about the possibility of in-person talks,” Leavitt added. “Again, those discussions are taking place, but nothing is official until you hear it from us here at the White House, but we are optimistic about the prospects for a deal.”

The great obstacle in the negotiations continues to be the nuclear issue. The United States negotiators, with the questioned vice president JD Vance At the head, they proposed suspending all of Iran’s nuclear activity for 20 years. A moratorium that analysts interpreted as a transfer.

The Iranian delegation instead offered a pause of between three and five years, according to The New York Timesbut the counterproposal did not satisfy the American delegation.

South Lebanon

Meanwhile, the possibility of a truce is gaining strength in the parallel scenario of Lebanon. Benjamin Netanyahu met the Israeli political and military leadership last night to explore the option of declaring a temporary ceasefire—coinciding with the end of the truce in Iran—to appease the pressures of the Trump Administration.

“In the United States they are trying to calm the front to focus on the negotiations with Iran, so that the agreements between the parties can be developed without the shadow of the campaign in Lebanon,” commented a source from the Israeli security apparatus to the Canal 12.

Hezbollah’s media tentacles assumed that Israel would accept the temporary cessation of hostilities this Wednesday. The optimism was poorly justified because there are still symbolic places to conquer for Israeli troops. The main one is Bint Jbeil, a stronghold of Hezbollah.

Hasan Nasrallahthe late leader of the Shiite militia party, gave the famous victory speech in this village in southern Lebanon after the Israeli withdrawal in May 2000. His words remained recorded as proof of the greatest military defeat in the recent history of the Jewish State.

“We are, in effect, on the verge of eliminating this great stronghold of Hezbollah,” the Israeli Prime Minister boasted last night, confirming through a video statement recorded from his office that he had asked his troops to reinforce “the security zone” in southern Lebanon. The order is to expand the area under occupation.

Regarding the negotiations with Iran, Netanyahu once again boasted that it is Trump who keeps him punctually informed and that he shares with the tenant of the White House the objectives of removing enriched nuclear material from Iran, eliminating enrichment capabilities within the country and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

The ceasefire in Lebanon may coincide with the renewed diplomatic process between these two countries, supervised by the United States. The Secretary of State, Marco Rubiomanaged to bring together the ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon last Tuesday in Washington. It was the first direct diplomatic contact since 1991.

“These negotiations have not taken place in more than 40 years,” Netanyahu declared last night, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) devastated the south of the country of cedars. “They are happening now because we are very strong, and countries are coming to us, not just Lebanon.”