US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a difficult phone call on Tuesday over efforts to revive diplomacy with Iran, with US media reports indicating a divide over whether to pursue negotiations or return to military action.

Netanyahu increasingly doubts that further negotiations with Tehran will produce a peace deal and wants to resume military strikes.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a “lengthy and dramatic” phone call overnight, their second contact in just a few days, Israel’s…