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Trump: US had nothing to do with Israeli strike, urges Iran to end bloody conflict or suffer

The president’s remarks came after the deadliest night of the five-day confrontation. Iranian ballistic missiles and drones pierced Israel’s defenses shortly before midnight.

 An Iranian newspaper with a cover photo of US President Donald Trump and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2025.
 L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of Iranian flag (illustration).

WSJ: Israel prepared to strike Iran in the next few days if US proposal fails officials say

 THEN-PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points to a red line he drew on the graphic of a bomb used to represent Iran’s nuclear program as he addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the UN in New York, in 2012.

Netanyahu's return to helm timely for push on Iran

The IDF’s Cyber Defense Directorate C41 Directorate.

Israel has foiled dozens of cyber attacks by Iran over last year, IDF says


Obama: Whole world has expressed support for Iran deal except for Israeli government

Former President John F. Kennedy delivered a major address at same venue in 1963 proposing diplomacy and joint denuclearization with the Soviet Union.

US President Barack Obama speaks at American University

Steinitz fires back at US energy minister: If I were American, I would oppose the Iran deal

Energy minister takes umbrage at Ernest Moniz's comment that if he were Israeli, he would support the Iran deal.

Steinitz and Moniz

Netanyahu: The more one looks at the Iran accord, the worse it looks

Putin tells PM that Iran deal will make Middle East more secure.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday

Obama: US will not be letting Iran off the hook

US president says that nuclear deal does not mean that Washington will turn a blind eye to Iran's support for terrorism and proxies that destabilize the Middle East.

US President Barack Obama addresses the 116th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 21, 2015.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards: UN resolution endorsing nuclear deal crosses Iran's red lines

The United Nations Security Council on Monday endorsed the deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in return for sanctions relief; Commander Mohammed Ali Jafari opposes resolution.

Mohammad Ali Jafari

Knesset Defense panel: Iran Deal has negative impact on Israel's security

Zionist Union and Meretz MKs accuse NSC official who briefed committee of political bias and only giving the government's position.

Satellite images of Iranian nuclear facility (file)

Netanyahu: What's happening in Iran talks is a breakdown, not a breakthrough

At weekly cabinet meeting, prime minister says that deal emerging with Iran is worse than deal that led to North Korea obtaining an arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud faction meeting

Former Mossad chief: Iran using Obama's desire for deal to extort concessions

"Their patience is much greater than the patience of western negotiators. They will exhaust the Americans, they will squeeze them," Shabtai Shavit says.

US President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden

Analysis: Iranian hard-liners are already saying that Tehran gave away too much

The framework agreement is not ideal, but Iran is the side that made the most meaningful concessions.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Rabbi reverses himself: Iran, not Obama, is Haman

"My problem is President Obama seems to be making a deal that is very problematic with that Haman, and at the same time leaving Israel without a protector,” Riskin says.

US President Barack Obama pauses during remarks at the dedication ceremony for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston