Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been left politically exposed following the emergence of a US-Iran deal, with Israeli newspaper Haaretz warning, in a stark analysis, that he may 'set the Middle East ablaze' in response. The piece, written by Haaretz editor Esther Solomon and published on 14 June, describes Netanyahu as 'humiliated by Trump on the Iran front' — a characterisation that has since reverberated across international media and reignited scrutiny of his standing both regionally and at home.
The analysis argues that the terms of any US-Iran agreement are unlikely to reflect favourably on Netanyahu's repeated promises to crush the Iranian regime. With Israeli elections scheduled for October 2026, the prime minister now faces a widening gap between his own rhetoric and the diplomatic reality being shaped in Washington, one in which Israel appears to have had little meaningful input.
