Published: 20 July 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
New Yorker story claims military chief faced down Trump’s ‘circle of Iran hawks,’ including VP Pence and the then-Israeli PM, to scuttle his push for a missile strike
Netanyahu urged Trump to attack Iran after he lost the presidency — report (Times of Israel)
General Mark Milley said to have battled against former US president’s push for a missile strike, facing down his ‘circle of Iran hawks,’ including VP Pence and the then-Israeli PM
Trump pushed for Iran strikes in frenzied bid to cling to power, report says (Haaretz)
Senior US military officials were actively trying to dissuade Donald Trump from striking Iran after he lost the 2020 election, The New Yorker reports
Trump sought options for attacking Iran to stop its growing nuclear program (NYT)
The president was dissuaded from moving ahead with a strike by advisers who warned that it could escalate into a broader conflict in his last weeks in office.
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Ahead of Bennett’s Washington visit, Israel prepares 'Raisi file’ (Al-Monitor)
BEN CASPIT: Ahead of the trip of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to the United States, Israel’s security agencies are preparing a personal, revealing file on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
