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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites

Marco Rubio and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands on stage in front of Israeli and US flags
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, at a press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AFP/Getty Images

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that, with Donald Trump’s support, his government will “finish the job” of neutralising the threat from Iran, amid US reports that Israel is considering airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites in the coming few months.

Trump has said he would prefer to make a deal with Tehran, but also made clear that he was considering US military action if talks failed, and his administration has laid down an early maximalist demand: Iranian abandonment of its entire nuclear programme.

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