Tehran will not get nuclear weapons because the US will have direct talks with Iran starting this weekend
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US had direct talks about Iran with Iran.
The President said that after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, journalists said that negotiations with Tehran would start on Saturday. He insisted that Tehran could not get a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit Trump Tariffs released in countries around the world.
Netanyahu’s visit continues whether he has succeeded in lowering or eliminating Israel’s tariffs, but how he playsPrepare the ground for how other world leaders areTry to address new tariffs.
Trump greeted the Israeli Prime Minister with a solid handshake while coming for talks.
Trump ignored the questions asked whether journalists will remove rolled global markets and the tariffs on Israel.
Shortly before the meetings, the White House, Trump and Netanyahu’nun joint news conference plans announced that the cancellation. The White House did not provide any explanation for why it was scrapped, but Trump and Netanyahu were expected to comment on journalists at the beginning of the planned oval office meetings.
Netanyahu’s office stressed that he would discuss large geopolitical issues, including the two leaders, and put the hurriedly -organized Washington visit on tariffs.War in GazaTensions with Iran, Israel-Treatment and International Criminal CourtHe ordered the arrest against the Israeli leaderlast year. Trump one in FebruaryExecutive order that imposes sanctions on ICCIsrael on the investigation.
Before his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump organized a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisisi and King of Jordan Abdullah. All three leaders were key interlocutors in their efforts to prevent tensions in the Middle East and end the Israeli-Hamas war.
The engagement was organized by Macron, according to a French government official who has no authority to comment on the public and speaks on condition of anonymity.
Shortly after arriving to Washington on Sunday evening, the Prime Minister met with Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jameson Greer to discuss tariffs. On Monday, Netanyahu met with Trump’s ambassador Steve Witkoff, a special ambassador of the Middle East and sat with the President.
Trump and Netanyahu are expected to hope that Israel will be annexed to the parts of the occupied West Bank, which is the heart of the Palestinians.Future Independent State.
Eytan Gilboa, an expert in the US-Israeli relations, said Trump expects Tariffs to use the tariffs as leverage to force Netanyahu to force concessions.
In the case of Israel, these arePrivileges may not be economical. Trump can pressure Netanyahu towards the endWar in Gaza– At least through some temporary ceasefire that will pause the fight against Hamas and release more hostage.
Gilboa said Trump hoped to return from the first overseas trip to Saudi Arabia next month.
If he manages to progress to support the ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and this acts as a regional diplomatic counter -weight to put pressure on Iran,Trump threatened new sanctionsand proposed military action on the nuclear program.
According to Netanyahu’s office, Israel, a preventive movement last week, said that all the tariffs from the United States have removed all tariffs on goods in imported food and agricultural products.
In a statement, he did not mention Trump’s upcoming tariffs announced the next day, but Israel’s step will support ties with the United States, the biggest trade partner. Israel is not a major trade partner in the USA
However, tactics failed, and 17% Israel was just one of dozens of countries that slapped with tariffs on Trump’s so -called Liberation Day last week.
Although Israel is a small market for US products, the US is the key trade partner of Israel. Most of this trade is for high -tech services that are not directly affected by tariffs, but key Israeli industries may be affected.
The Israeli Producers’ Union estimates that tariffs will cost Israel about $ 3 billion each year and cause 26,000 jobs in industries containing biotechnology, chemicals, plastics and electronics. The World Bank says Israel’s gross domestic product, which is a measure of economic output, is over $ 500 billion per year.
Ron President of the group, Ron Tomer, “damage will not stop export,” he said. “It will scare investors, encourage companies to leave Israel and weaken our image as a global innovation center.” He urgently called the government to work to protect the economy.
This story initially took part in Fortune.com
