Yesterday (Thursday), US President Donald Trump abandoned the agreement with Iran, adhering to its blockade, and asked his deputy, J.D. Vance, who is leading the negotiations, to devote himself to internal issues, days after granting him the authority to negotiate.
Trump stressed the continuation of the blockade, and wrote on his “Truth Social” platform: “We do not need an agreement with Iran... We got their money... and we got their strait!” This came the day after a speech by Trump on Wednesday in which he said: “We have won... We must achieve a complete victory, not a 93 percent victory.”
In Tehran, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said that the missile unit in the Revolutionary Guard is ready for “new surprises.” The head of the Basij apparatus, Hussein Taeb, also vowed a harsher response and expressed his adherence to Tehran’s seven conditions before negotiations, amid unconfirmed reports of the arrival of a Qatari delegation to Tehran.
Iran's Deputy Chief of Staff, Kayumarth Heydari, spoke of a response “without geographic restrictions” and a “bank of targets” that goes beyond the arena of the previous war. The Supreme Leader’s advisor, Muhammad Mukhber, said that the Supreme Leader’s latest directive implied lifting restrictions on the range of missiles.
The government Mehr Agency broadcast a video clip, which it said was of testing “new missiles.” He called on the “Leadership Council of Experts” to consider exiting the Non-Proliferation Treaty and review the defense doctrine.
During his meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif called for dialogue and restraint, while Pezeshkian said, “The truth is with Iran, and the enemy will kneel.”
Of the 14 prime ministers in the history of Israel, 5 generals advanced to the position of prime minister, including two (Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak) who were former army commanders. If Gadi Eisenkot is able to form a government, he will become the third chief of staff to stand at the head of the ruling establishment in the Hebrew state.
Those close to Eisenkot (66 years old) say that he studied and searched deeply into the history of the generals of Israeli politics, and decided that the ideal that he wants to be inspired by and leave a mark and impact like him, is Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995).
In the history of Israel, a number of leaders appear who made their way through contradictory concepts and beliefs. But the Israeli model chose a fanatical and arrogant security policy that kept Israel in a permanent state of war. At the top of the list of generals in Israeli politics, the name of Yigal Allon appears, followed by Rabin, then Barak, and Ariel Sharon.
The new Fifth General Eisenkot puts the four models in front of him; Because he knows the public is divided over his ancestry.
Caretaker Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said on Thursday that its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not need permission from the opposition to make a decision on new military operations, after his designated successor, Gadi Eisenkot, called on him to exercise restraint in this area.
Katz wrote on the “X” platform: “We do not need approval from the opposition or any legal body” for the army to carry out strikes on any of the fronts where it is currently operating.
On Thursday, Eisenkot and Netanyahu held a two-hour meeting, after which they said, in a brief joint statement, that Netanyahu and his military assistant briefed Eisenkot “on the security and diplomatic challenges currently facing the State of Israel.” The two parties agreed to continue consultations, according to the statement.
Eisenkot had called on Netanyahu to show restraint, warning that the use of force without a “direct and immediate threat” could have “serious consequences for Israeli democracy and citizens’ confidence in state institutions,” according to Agence France-Presse.
During his election campaign, Netanyahu repeatedly threatened to resume war with Iran, going so far as to publish a photo of a nuclear bomb destroying Tel Aviv.
Katz added: “We have also shown firmness and wisdom in dealing with Iran, in full coordination with the Israeli army, and this will remain so now, as circumstances require.”
Avigdor Lieberman, a prominent member of Eisenkot's bloc who was appointed head of a parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and defense, also issued criticism on Thursday.
“I warn you: a caretaker government is not allowed to make decisions that could drag Israel into war without parliamentary oversight and without the full approval of all security services,” said Lieberman, a hard-line former aide to Netanyahu who has become one of his harshest critics.
Netanyahu's office responded on Wednesday, saying that Eisenkot, a former chief of staff, was politicizing national security. Neither Eisenkot nor Lieberman mentioned Iran directly by name.
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran, which led to the outbreak of war in the Middle East. The Hebrew state launched a war on its own against Iran in June 2025, in which the United States intervened by bombing nuclear facilities in Iran.
Eisenkot has until December 6 to form a government, although President Isaac Herzog can grant him an extension until the twentieth of the same month.
Both the broad coalition led by Eisenkot from left to right, and Netanyahu's bloc of far-right and religious parties, failed to achieve a majority in the October 27 elections.
Eisenkot is looking for options to form a government, while Lieberman demands that he not work with the Israeli Arab representatives, who now hold 19 seats out of 120 in the Knesset.
