Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today Trump appeared to upend weeks of negotiations and hope-inducing reports of an imminent deal by adding that it 'should be mandatory' for mediators in the Iran talks to normalize ties with Israel. Now, he'll either settle for a wanting deal or use poison-pill offers as a pretext to resume the warShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeBen Samuels09:00 PM • May 26 2026 IDTWASHINGTON – Stop if you've heard this one before: A supposed breakthrough in U.S.-Iran diplomatic efforts – replete with panic from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over being sidelined by U.S. President Donald Trump – has not only failed to materialize, but has been met with Trump shifting the goalposts in a manner that seems to defy all logic.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran StrikesMohammed DahlanGulf StatesNetanyahuAbraham AccordsWorld CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastMissing Jewish Teen's Poster Torn Down Across Toronto, Family Fears AntisemitismIsrael Expands Lebanon Ground Offensive Beyond Self-declared Buffer ZoneNetanyahu's Mossad Chief Pick Cleared by State Panel Despite Chair's ObjectionIsraeli Army Chief Discharges Ex-top Prosecutor Amid Leak InvestigationSome Canadian Jews Say Ride-sharing Apps Are No Longer Safe. Enter JewrideRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla Activists'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests NotOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but TruthWorld Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists Video