Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump spoke a short time ago, a senior official familiar with the details tells Israeli media. The official says Trump updated Netanyahu on progress toward signing a deal with Iran — possibly as early as tonight.
Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump held a phone call this evening, during which Trump updated Netanyahu on progress toward a nuclear deal with Iran — and a senior official cited by Israeli media said the agreement could be signed as early as tonight, according to reports that began surfacing at 23:37 Jerusalem.
The call, which interrupted a security cabinet session, was first reported by Channel 12 at 23:37, and within minutes multiple Israeli outlets (Channel 14, i24NEWS, N12) converged on the same account: Trump updated Netanyahu on signing progress. By 23:37, a cabinet minister told journalist Yaron Avraham that the Americans are pushing to finalize a memorandum of understanding quickly to prevent an Iranian response. The desk's own thread shows the story escalated from unconfirmed single-source reports at 23:37 (version 1) to a named official asserting a possible same-night signature by version 5, though the official remains unnamed and the claim uncorroborated by a second channel.
The development follows days of U.S. diplomatic activity. As The Zioneer reported on June 9, the New York Times said Trump told Netanyahu the U.S. and Iran were days from a breakthrough; on June 11, Trump confirmed a call with Netanyahu and described the deal as in an almost final stage; and on June 12, a senior U.S. official said Washington was in direct dialogue with Netanyahu and expressed confidence Israel would be comfortable with the arrangement once it sees full details.
What remains open: the entire timeline hinges on a single unnamed official. No Israeli government statement has been issued, and several Netanyahu advisers have not yet responded. The claim that a deal could be signed tonight is not independently corroborated, and the full scope of any agreement — including its implications for Iran's enrichment capacity — has not been disclosed." "The entire timeline hinges on a single unnamed official. No Israeli government statement has been issued, and several Netanyahu advisers have not yet responded. The claim that a deal could be signed tonight is not independently corroborated, and the full scope of any agreement — including its implications for Iran's enrichment capacity — has not been disclosed."
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