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Netanyahu started conflict to torpedo nuclear talks between Iran, US [View all]
I try to keep a balanced viewpoint so I read Haaretz and Al Jazeera. I’ve posted from both sources here.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/20/live-iran-israel-continue-missile-fire-irans-fm-to-meet-eu-counterparts
Netanyahu started conflict to torpedo nuclear talks between Iran, US
The Israel-Iran conflict is playing out “exactly” the way Netanyahu planned it, says Shahram Akbarzadeh, director of the Middle East Studies Forum at Deakin University in Australia.
“Netanyahu started the conflict to torpedo nuclear talks between Iran and the United States,” Akbarzadeh told Al Jazeera, speaking from Melbourne.
“He would have known, and all observers would have known, that Iran would retaliate, and the Netanyahu plan [has been] to use the retaliation by Iran to drag the United States into the conflict.”
Concerns by European powers about how the US involvement can escalate this conflict are perhaps why we see a pause in the US deciding to get involved and “giving diplomacy a chance”, he added.
The Israel-Iran conflict is playing out “exactly” the way Netanyahu planned it, says Shahram Akbarzadeh, director of the Middle East Studies Forum at Deakin University in Australia.
“Netanyahu started the conflict to torpedo nuclear talks between Iran and the United States,” Akbarzadeh told Al Jazeera, speaking from Melbourne.
“He would have known, and all observers would have known, that Iran would retaliate, and the Netanyahu plan [has been] to use the retaliation by Iran to drag the United States into the conflict.”
Concerns by European powers about how the US involvement can escalate this conflict are perhaps why we see a pause in the US deciding to get involved and “giving diplomacy a chance”, he added.
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