How did Netanyahu drag Trump into a war with Iran?

Mahjoub Al-Zuwairi, senior researcher at the Middle East Council and professor at Qatar University:
Netanyahu believes Trump can give him everything. He will invest in Trump until the end of his presidency to do what he calls the new Middle East.

This war started without a clear objective. I wouldn't be surprised if the war stops tonight or after six months. After the 12-day war, Trump suddenly stopped the conflict without prior notice. It later became clear that he pressured the Israelis to stop the war because at that time he thought the goal had already been achieved.

Europeans are becoming politically and internally security-wise insignificant. I see that they have tried to establish connections and some arrangements to help the Gulf region are being formed, but it is too late.

This war could have been avoided, just as other wars after October 7 could have been prevented. These are Netanyahu's wars; he dragged everyone into these wars and now everyone is paying the price. Europeans are also paying the price.

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Iran's new condition for passing through the Strait of Hormuz: oil in exchange for yuan

CNN, quoting a senior Iranian official, claimed that Iran is considering granting passage permission to a limited number of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, provided that all these oil transactions are conducted in Chinese yuan.
🔹Currently, the majority of international oil transactions are conducted in dollars, but Iran's decision to carry out these transactions in Chinese yuan could significantly change this situation. China has been trying for several years to expand the use of its currency in global energy markets.

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JUST IN - Trump's Director of National Counterterrorism Joe Kent resigns: "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."


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