Trita Parsi

I know 30 days is not a lot of time, but my God, it gives the hawks plenty of opportunities to try to do everything they can to sabotage this deal.

The one thing I point out, though, in my piece is that we may not see that high of a decibel coming from the Israeli side, from Israeli officials.

You will have massive decibel, of course, from their proxies in Washington, D.C.,

But from the Israeli officials' standpoint themselves, they may have to choose to be a bit more careful.

And the reason for that is that they are now entering into their election season.

And Trump remains very popular in Israel and as a result can damage any politician in Israel that chooses to publicly confront Trump over this issue.

And I think this is what Trump was hinting at, was it two or three days ago,

And when she kind of out of the blue started saying that he's seen the polls and he's at 99% in Israel and that he actually could run for prime minister, that he may actually run for prime minister in Israel later on.

I think that was a warning sign to the Israelis.

Telling Israeli officials that I'm so popular, I can be the kingmaker in Israel and you would be unwise to go after me over this issue.

It's going to be very tough for him because he's very sensitive to that type of rhetoric.

So it really is crucial for him to recognize that he has to show that discipline of sticking to.

He can't have it both ways.

He's either going to have a deal or he's going to have total war.

And part of the reason why he's going in this direction, and this is really important to understand.

I was on this panel with Joe Ken two days ago and he made this point.

I want to repeat it.

If there was a military option for the United States that could turn the tables, that could reverse the situation in favor of the United States, Trump would have used it long time ago.

The reason why he hasn't is because it does not exist.

And it doesn't matter how courageous Lindsey Graham or Mike Pompeo or Mark Levine sound in their tweets.