Israel is making sure Trump can't find an off-ramp in Iran

Israel is making sure Trump can't find an off-ramp in Iran Submitted by Jonathan Cook on Mon, 03/30/2026 - 07:50 Netanyahu pitched the war as a repeat of Israel’s apparent 'audacious feat' of smashing Hezbollah. The US president should have noted instead Israel’s moral and strategic defeat in Gaza US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Florida, US, on 29 December, 2025 (Reuters) On Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have persuaded Donald Trump that a war on Iran would unfold much like the pager attack in Lebanon 18 months ago. The two militaries would jointly decapitate the leadership in Tehran, and it would crumble just as Hezbollah had collapsed - or so it then seemed - after Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah , the Lebanese group’s spiritual leader and military strategist.