Trump, Netanyahu Differ on Lebanon Truce After 1 Call as Iran Deal Talks Stall

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2

A phone call between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu exposed a fresh split, with the two leaders giving different accounts of what they had agreed on after Israel's escalation against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Trump initially suggested a broader truce than Netanyahu was prepared to declare, highlighting how far Washington and Jerusalem remain apart on the scope of any pause.
The rupture came as Trump had spent months projecting confidence that a deal to end the Iran conflict was within reach.
Israel's push to keep pursuing its own objectives has underscored Trump's limited control over the crisis and complicated already-stalled Iran deal talks.

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