‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’: Trump’s deal outline sparks alarm in Israel

Netanyahu’s joint war with the US began with talk of regime change in Tehran but may leave him with few strategic gains

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When Donald Trump launched a pre-emptive war on Iran with Israel in February, many in the country hailed the campaign as the crowning triumph of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political and diplomatic career.

Three months on the regime is still in power in Tehran, Trump is chasing a deal that will reopen the strait of Hormuz to oil tankers, and the reported terms have provoked alarm, dismay and anger in Israel.