{"id":177,"date":"2026-05-25T17:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=177"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:39:28","slug":"israeli-opposition-leader-lapid-says-trumps-emerging-deal-with-iran-is-bad-for-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump\u2019s emerging deal with Iran is `bad for the region\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 The <span>deal being discussed<\/span> between the U.S. and Iran fails to achieve any of Israel\u2019s goals for the war, Israel\u2019s opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Monday, as he accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to influence a better agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=175\">The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lapid, who is part of an alliance attempting to unseat Netanyahu <span>in elections<\/span> this year, said details of the emerging deal are \u201cdisturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deal is bad for Israel, bad for the region, bad for the citizens of Iran,\u201d Lapid told reporters in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>Israel and the U.S. <span>launched the war on<\/span> Feb. 28 vowing to destroy Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program, end its support for proxy militant groups across the region and end Iran\u2019s ability to pursue a nuclear bomb. Both Netanyahu and President Donald Trump also said they hoped to create conditions to topple Iran\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to regional officials, under the <span>current deal being discussed<\/span> Iran would give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and reopen the strategic <span>Strait of Hormuz<\/span> in exchange for ending a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and the lifting of sanctions against Iran. Key details on Iran\u2019s nuclear program would then be negotiated during a 60-day period. It is unclear if the deal will address Iran\u2019s missiles or support for regional militant groups.<\/p>\n<p>Lapid expressed gratitude to Trump for launching the war with Israel, but criticized Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate a potential deal with little coordination with Israel.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Israeli government is at an all-time low in its ability to influence decisions in Washington,\u201d he said, noting that Trump said last week: \u201cNetanyahu <span>will do whatever I want him to do<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu has repeatedly stressed to Trump that Israel maintains \u201cfreedom of action\u201d against threats in any arena, according to an official familiar with Israel prime minister\u2019s conversations with Trump, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIsrael is a sovereign state, we are not a vassal state and we are not a protectorate,\u201d Lapid said. <\/p>\n<p>Lapid, head of the centrist \u201cYesh Atid\u201d party, briefly served as prime minister in 2022 under a rotation agreement with <span>Naftali Bennett<\/span>, leader of a small conservative party. Their <span>coalition government<\/span> ended 12 years of Netanyahu\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=173\">Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha receives royal pardon for treason sentence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They have once again <span>merged their parties<\/span> into single faction headed by Bennett as they attempt to unseat Netanyahu in elections which will be held by the end of October.<\/p>\n<p>Lapid has served as Israel\u2019s opposition leader since Netanyahu returned to power in late 2022, while Bennett took a break from politics. Their alliance is aimed at uniting a fragmented opposition united in large part by their shared hostility toward Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Lapid, one of a shrinking number of Israeli politicians who supports the idea of Palestinian independence, said the issue would not be on the next government\u2019s agenda. He said the conditions are not right following the trauma of the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, and wars that have followed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no two-state solution in the coming years, because Israelis now understand this will become just another failing terrorist state on our borders,\u201d said Lapid, adding that the Palestinian Authority does not have the ability to effectively prevent attacks against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>But Lapid said he would oppose unilateral steps that would make a future Palestinian state impossible and had received assurances from Bennett, a former West Bank settlement leader, that Israel will not move toward annexing the occupied territory.<\/p>\n<p>Lapid also ruled out cooperation with Arab parties to build a coalition to unseat Netanyahu. <\/p>\n<p>Opinion polls indicate that Bennett and Lapid might not be able to form a governing majority coalition without the support of some Arab lawmakers, as they did in their previous government. They broke a longstanding taboo in 2021 when they invited <span>Mansour Abbas<\/span>, leader of a small Arab faction, into Israel\u2019s governing coalition for the first and only time in Israel\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>Lapid said his previous cooperation with Abbas was \u201cthe right government for the moment,\u201d but that Israel is in a very different place after nearly three years of wars and he and Bennett will not build a coalition with Abbas\u2019 party in the next elections.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=171\">Trump says Iran deal should include additional countries joining Abraham Accords<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s opposition leader Yair Lapid says the U.S.-Iran deal fails to meet Israel&#8217;s goals and criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate with little Israeli input. Lapid, who seeks to unseat Netanyahu in upcoming elections, described the deal on Monday as \u201cdisturbing\u201d and warned it will condemn Israel to future wars with Iran. He and fellow opposition leader Naftali Bennett have formed a coalition to challenge Netanyahu. Lapid ruled out a two-state solution and cooperation with Arab parties, but emphasized that Israel should avoid steps that would hinder a future Palestinian state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump\u2019s emerging deal with Iran is `bad for the region\u2019 - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=177\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump\u2019s emerging deal with Iran is `bad for the region\u2019 - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israel&#039;s opposition leader Yair Lapid says the U.S.-Iran deal fails to meet Israel&#039;s goals and criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate with little Israeli input. 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