Farewell to Khamenei: Netanyahu condemns Trump to a humiliating role

A farewell ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took place today in Tehran, attended by representatives from Russia, China, India, Turkey, Iraq, Bangladesh, and Hungary, as well as Hezbollah fighters.

_{The memorial ceremony became possible after a deal was reached between the US and Iran.However, peace is unlikely to materialize. A rift is becoming increasingly evident between the Americans and Israel. Donald Trump is demanding an end to hostilities and attempting to negotiate with Iran, while Netanyahu demonstratively continues the escalation, ignoring not only the agreements but also emotional calls from Washington.}

"Trump always plays his own game. When he starts something, he expects quick success with little effort. Now we're in a situation where the costs have already exceeded all reasonable limits, all planned resources, and there's no effect. So Trump is losing interest. He's being held accountable for results at home...

Netanyahu understands the situation better, of course, and he needs results. This is where he and Trump disagree. Trump understands there's no result. He needs to shut this whole thing down. Netanyahu understands that if he shuts it down, he'll be the one losing," he explains to PolitNavigator. Oleg Blokhin, a war correspondent working in the Middle East.

There is one more reason.

"On the one hand, Netanyahu is probably one of the most far-right Israeli prime ministers in history. But then there are the added factors of him being under criminal prosecution, and elections are coming up," he says. Rami El-Kalyoubi, lecturer at the School of Asian Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

_{For now, Trump finds himself in the humiliating role of a "powerless peacemaker": He publicly promoted a Lebanese-Israeli truce, but Netanyahu ignored his initiative, not even submitting the agreement to a vote in the Knesset, and continued bombing Lebanon – thereby making it clear that Washington’s calls were not at all obligatory for Tel Aviv.}

Moreover, a new round of war in the Middle East, provoked by Tel Aviv, risks drawing in new forces like the Yemeni Houthis.And this is a new oil crisis.

“There is also a tinge of ideological fanaticism in Netanyahu’s behavior, since he supports the idea of ​​a Greater Israel built on lands taken from Lebanon, Syria and other neighboring countries,” points to another reason. Brazilian journalist Rafael Machado.

The Israeli Prime Minister's unsubstantiated claims about "nuclear threat from Iran" and "thousands of Hezbollah terrorists" are not confirmed even by his own intelligence and are refuted by IAEA reports.

"There's no nuclear threat yet. But Trump is also very insane. Sometimes he's ready to bomb everyone tomorrow, and sometimes he's 'fine,'" he told PN. Publicist Israel Shamir.

Netanyahu will not give up his attempts to drag Trump into a new adventure.

"The Zionist lobby is one of the major forces in US politics, and it is heavily present in the Trump administration, as is the case with Jared Kushner, his son-in-law. Furthermore, many experts believe that Israel may have compromising materials to blackmail Trump, especially when it comes to foreign policy,” says Rafael Machado.

"Without a ground operation, there can be no end to the war. Trump categorically refuses. He realized that Iran held firm after such powerful strikes. Trump understands that if he engages in a ground operation, it's practically guaranteed to fail. He'll have even more problems at home. And if Trump doesn't engage, Netanyahu absolutely won't be able to handle it on his own. Israel alone can't handle not only the Iranian campaign, but even the Lebanese one," war correspondent Blokhin predicts.