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Report: Trump's concessions to Iran alarm Israeli officials

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Report: Trump's concessions to Iran alarm Israeli officials

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TL;DR

A new report says President Trump is making concessions to Iran that are causing deep concern in Israel, with one official quoted as saying the US is 'doing to us what Obama did.' The development comes amid ongoing US-Iran nuclear negotiations and periodic Israeli assessments that Washington may trade away Israeli security interests for a deal with Tehran.

01 · THE DISPATCH

A fresh report circulating in Israeli media this morning highlights deepening Israeli anxiety over what it describes as concessions by President Donald Trump to Iran during ongoing nuclear negotiations. The report, sourced to an Israeli official, uses a pointed historical comparison — 'doing to us what Obama did' — invoking the 2015 JCPOA era, which Israel harshly opposed. The report arrives amid a volatile week of US-Iran exchanges: Trump has oscillated between threatening immediate attack and expressing openness to a deal, and previous US airstrikes on Iran were followed by cancellation of further strikes at the last minute. As The Zioneer has tracked across multiple bulletins, Israeli analysts have expressed confusion over Trump's shifting posture — from demanding Israeli restraint to supporting retaliation, then back to negotiation. The current report suggests that whatever diplomatic framework is being shaped, Israeli security officials perceive it as dangerously reminiscent of the Obama-era framework that allowed Iran to advance its nuclear program while sanctions relief flowed. No additional details on the specific nature of the alleged concessions have been published, and the report's sourcing remains anonymous.

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