‘It’s a big mistake’: Israelis feel betrayed and angry after Iran peace deal

‘Israelis are talking past each other. The common ground isn’t there,’ one opposition official said of a growing divide among Israelis. Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters

In the Tree brasserie off Herzl Street in Rehovot, there was much that almost everyone agreed on. Few contested that the ceasefire deal concluded by Iran and the US a few days earlier was very bad for Israel. “We were betrayed by President Trump,” said Avi Perez, 55.

They believed, too, that Israel, more than ever, was surrounded by danger that it would have to confront alone. “It is strange. One day we were in the [bomb] shelters with our children … The next day, everything is supposed to be normal. But nothing has been resolved,” said Shaham Nowick, 35, as he studied the menu.