Mark Weiss

um extend these new negotiations also for repeated around about two years which will bring them very close to the end of the trump administration and it's the feeling of not only iran but also israel and many in this region but that a future us administration will not be um

as eager to engage iran militarily and this may be the negotiating policy of the regime here in israel there is a great concern that if capitulation takes place it will be on the side of donald trump he said yesterday that um iran has agreed never to have a nuclear bomb

But as far as Israel is concerned, this is not even a concession because Iran has always claimed that they don't seek a nuclear bomb.

But as far as Israel is concerned, and most, I think, Western intelligence agencies, Iran clearly is moving in the direction of acquiring a nuclear bomb.

And it will need concrete steps plus a robust inspection regime in order to satisfy Israel on this point.

It's another very important element that we don't know what the details of the emerging agreement will say.

At the moment, we are in a situation where Israel has agreed not to attack Beirut, Hezbollah targets in Beirut.

In response, Hezbollah has promised via Iran not to launch projectiles into Israel proper, but they can continue fighting against Israeli troops in Lebanon.

Iran has successfully linked the two fronts.

the Gulf War and what's happening in Lebanon during these negotiations.

Iran claims that Israel will have to pull out totally from South Lebanon in order for there to be an agreement.

Israel says this is not the case and troops will remain in South Lebanon

until Hezbollah is disarmed.

So that's another very critical point as far as Israel is concerned.

What will this emerging deal between the US and Iran specifically say about Lebanon and the continuing Israeli troop presence in South Lebanon

along the northern border with Israel.