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Dr. Raphael BenLevi: Having now openly called for an end to the nuclear and ballistic programmes and the support for proxies, it would be very difficult for him to accept a situation where those remain in place.
Theoretically, Israel might desire regime change more than the US, but at this point, I don’t see much potential daylight between the two. If you look at Trump’s policy on Iran over the years, including in his first term, he’s actually been remarkably consistent, in contrast to the way he talks to journalists about it.
The full interview was published in The Telehraph, on March 9, 2026.
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