‘You could’ve been the greatest’: Trump faces Israeli anger over Iran deal
Key takeaways
- Public outrage in Israel mounts over US-Iran interim agreement, with many feeling betrayed by the Trump administration.
- Analysts described a sense of betrayal as public and political outrage over the terms of the agreement, which details the broad terms for ending the joint US-Israeli war on Iran, dominated headlines.
- In one particularly blistering attack, an op-ed titled “You could have been the greatest president of all, but you failed” accused Trump of having signed a “surrender agreement with a murderous and cruel terror regime”.
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Public outrage in Israel mounts over US-Iran interim agreement, with many feeling betrayed by the Trump administration.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida [File: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]By Simon Speakman Cordall Published On 20 Jun 202620 Jun 2026The growing rift between the United States and Israel hit new heights this week, with articles published in major Israeli publications accusing President Donald Trump of abandoning Israel to its greatest enemy following his interim deal with Iran.
Analysts described a sense of betrayal as public and political outrage over the terms of the agreement, which details the broad terms for ending the joint US-Israeli war on Iran, dominated headlines.