
Israeli intelligence chief Roman Goffman visits Washington to meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to push the administration of US President Donald Trump towards returning to war with Iran, while Trump has refrained from launching a new attack.
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The head of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad), Roman Goffman, visits Washington to meet with the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to push the administration of US President Donald Trump towards returning to war with Iran, while Trump refrained from launching a new attack and considered that the economic pressure campaign was sufficient to weaken Tehran.
The head of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, Roman Goffman, is in Washington, DC, on Friday, on a visit that comes at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently sought to push the administration of US President Donald Trump towards returning to war with Iran.
A source familiar with the matter told CNN that Goffman is expected to meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Axios was the first to report the news of the visit.
Netanyahu - whose grip on power declined after losing the parliamentary majority in the Knesset - was urging the United States to launch new military strikes against Iran before the US midterm elections.
On the other hand, US President Donald Trump refrained from launching a new attack, considering that his campaign of economic pressure was sufficient to weaken Tehran.
CNN has reached out to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, the White House, and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for comment.
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