"이스라엘 모사드 국장, CIA국장 만난다"… Are you encouraging an attack on Iran?

Axios, an American online media outlet, reported that Mossad Director Roman Goffman, head of Israel's intelligence agency, plans to visit Washington, D.C. on the 13th (local time) and meet with John Ratcliffe, Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Citing three sources, Axios reported that Director Goffman plans to meet with senior officials of the Donald Trump administration regarding the war on Iran, and that after meeting CIA Director Ratcliffe, he is expected to go to Miami to meet with President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff.

Mossad, the CIA and the White House refused to confirm the details.

Mossad Director Goffman is a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Prime Minister Netanyahu is known to have recently repeatedly requested President Trump to resume the war against Iran.

Prime Minister Netanyahu failed to secure a majority of seats in last month's general election, and lost the right to form a coalition government to an opposition leader, putting him at risk of being removed from office.

Sources said that there is a possibility that Prime Minister Netanyahu may resume attacking Iran or provoke Iran into attacking Israel in order to derail the formation of an opposition-led coalition, and that Israeli opposition leaders are concerned about this.

As the prospect that Prime Minister Netanyahu will use the Iran war to extend his political life has emerged, reports of Netanyahu's confidant, the Mossad chief's visit to the United States, are receiving more attention.

After the Republican Party suffered a crushing defeat in the midterm elections, President Trump placed more emphasis on negotiations with Iran and rejected Israel's request to resume the war with Iran. However, the day before, he suddenly raised the possibility of resuming the attack, saying, "We do not need an agreement with Iran."