One leader must be tamed for the US-Iran deal to progress beyond the foothills of the shaky 60-day ceasefire. One leader needs to suffer from the sort of political bullying that he himself has specialized in for decades. This is, of course, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister. And if he is the obstacle, the only leader who can do the bullying is President Donald Trump. Already, the last few weeks have seen unprecedented levels of criticism directed at the Israeli leadership from Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and other leading US officials.

The ink on Trump’s Iran memorandum is barely dry, but Benjamin Netanyahu is already mounting a covert rearguard action. Branded “jealous” in some reports, the Israeli prime…

There is a particular kind of danger in Middle East diplomacy that no memorandum of understanding can fully insure against: a leader with nothing left to lose and an army still…

What has the Israeli PM’s whirlwind of violence achieved? His closest ally now turning against him – and an emboldened Iran, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

One leader must be tamed for the US-Iran deal to progress beyond the foothills of the shaky 60-day ceasefire. One leader needs to suffer from the sort of political bullying that…

After a war meant to weaken Iran, a US-led deal exposes Netanyahu to severe political and strategic fallout