Israeli Officials Warn Emerging U.S.-Iran Deal Could Harm Israel’s Security

Senior Israeli officials and experts on Iran warned on Saturday night, in comments to Channel 12, that the developing agreement between the United States and Iran could damage Israel’s deepest security interests. They said the political leadership in Jerusalem is being careful not to offend President Donald Trump, but the professional security view is sharply opposed to the emerging deal.

According to the officials, “the Iranians are not agreeing to this framework for nothing,” because, they argued, “the American side accepted their main conditions.” They said the deal would immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz and help revive the Iranian regime, which they described as “a slap in the face to the Iranian public.” In their view, action on Iran’s nuclear capabilities would come only later, under what they called a policy of “pay later.”

The warnings came as signs from inside Iran suggested the deal was nearing completion. Reports said there had been a breakthrough and that details of the Iranian proposal were being presented, while supporters of ultra-conservative factions in the regime took to the streets to protest the agreement.

At 7:53 p.m., Trump confirmed on Truth Social that a deal with Iran could be signed as soon as Sunday, saying the Strait of Hormuz would open immediately afterward. He also wrote about Iran’s highly enriched uranium, saying, “At the appropriate time we will go in and collect it,” and that it would be destroyed, either in Iran or in the United States. In Israel, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid called the expected agreement “a complete failure by Netanyahu.”