An Italian historian said US-Iran negotiations are likely to repeatedly falter so long as Israeli prime minister Netanyahu remains in office. He said Netanyahu will not allow an end to the war at least before Israel’s October election, and predicted talks will break down every few days or weeks as Netanyahu seeks to cement an indispensable wartime-leader image. The academic added that Trump has been a key enabler of Israel’s right wing and that last week’s leaked call and related events were lar

An Italian historian said US-Iran negotiations are likely to repeatedly falter so long as Israeli prime minister Netanyahu remains in office. He said Netanyahu will not allow an end to the war at least before Israel’s October election, and predicted talks will break down every few days or weeks as Netanyahu seeks to cement an indispensable wartime-leader image. The academic added that Trump has been a key enabler of Israel’s right wing and that last week’s leaked call and related events were largely a show to signal Trump’s continued influence over Netanyahu.