YnetNews.com reports: “U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their telephone conversation on Monday that Israel does not have a ‘green light’ to strike Iran and urged him to take the military option off the table in light of ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran. In response, Netanyahu warned Trump that the Iranians were ‘deceiving’ both the international community and the United States, seeking only to buy time.

Speaking about the conversation later that day, Trump said: ‘We talked about a lot of issues, and the conversation was excellent. We’ll see what happens,’ adding: ‘We’re doing a lot of work on Iran right now,’ Trump said at an economic event at the White House. ‘It’s tough … They’re great negotiators.’

However, leaked details suggest the call was tense—both regarding Iran and the ongoing war in Gaza. Trump reportedly pressed Netanyahu to work toward ending the Gaza conflict, saying it had ‘run its course.’ He emphasized that ending the war would aid both the talks with Iran and efforts to advance normalization with Saudi Arabia. ‘Trump’s message was: wrap it up. Don’t let the war drag on,’ said a source familiar with the call…”