US media: Israel’s military intelligence chief arrives in Washington to lobby for resumption of attacks on Iran

(Central News Agency, Washington, 13th, comprehensive foreign news reports) Axios News Network quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the director of the Israeli intelligence agency "Mossad" arrived in Washington today. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is currently actively lobbying US President Trump to restart military strikes against Iran.

Mossad Director Roman Gofman is one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest aides. Three people familiar with the matter said Goffman is expected to meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff.

According to people familiar with the matter, although Netanyahu and Trump had a phone call on November 5 to discuss the war in Iran, Trump has still rejected the other party’s request to restart the war.

Trump currently chooses to work with Persian Gulf allies such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to continue to impose a naval blockade and economic pressure on Iran while observing whether an agreement is still possible.

Trump said on the 12th: "I can end this immediately. But at the request of some of the countries we want to protect, we will prolong the matter and handle it in a more civilized way."

"Saudi Arabia asked me to maintain the status quo for a while because (Iran) is falling apart. Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, all of these countries also want to wait a little longer," he said.

Netanyahu has lost his parliamentary majority after Israel's October 27 election. The leader of the rival camp and former Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has been authorized by the president to form a cabinet, but it is uncertain whether it can be formed.

Sources pointed out that Israeli opposition leaders are worried that Netanyahu will take the opportunity to launch an attack on Iran or provoke Iran to attack Israel in order to undermine Eisenkot's efforts to form a government; once Eisenkot forms a new government, Netanyahu, who is plagued by corruption cases, will step down.

Netanyahu met with Eisenkot for two hours on the 12th and briefed him on the situation in Iran; people close to Eisenkot revealed that Ai believed that the current situation did not require immediate military action against Iran.