Washington and West Jerusalem had vastly opposed timelines and motivations for the conflict, Professor Avraham Burg said in an interview with Going Underground
The US‑Israeli war on Iran and the recently announced ceasefire have exposed a fundamental clash of political interests between US President Donald Netanyahu and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to former acting Israeli president Avraham Burg.
In an exclusive interview with Afshin Rattansi’s show ‘Going Underground’ on RT, Burg explained that Trump had an interest in ending the conflict before it had an impact on the midterm elections in the US. “It should have been a very short exercise,” Burg said.
Netanyahu, on the other hand, “has to extend it as long as possible because he wants to go into elections in a state of war” according to Burg, who noted that “Israelis, when there is a state of war, usually rally around the flag of the government.” The next legislative election in Israel is set for late October.
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