Israel Blindsided by Trump Prohibiting Attacks

One of the circumstances imposed by Iran for its return to the bargaining desk was that any ceasefire agreed to be regional. In actuality, this meant that the IRGC’s “Mini-me” group in Lebanon, Hezbollah, which was getting bodily demolished and made into a terrorist laughingstock by Israel, would get a respite from the well-deserved curb-stomping they had been receiving.

When Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened a direct assembly between Israel and the Lebanese authorities (Rubio Mediates Historic Talks Between Israel, Lebanon – With Good News and Hilarious Comment About France – PinkState), on one degree it seemed like a political coup as Tel Aviv and Beirut had been it direct talks about “bringing a permanent end to 20 or 30 years of Hezbollah’s influence” and probably restoring a sense of normalcy in the world between Israel’s northern frontier and the Litani River in Lebanan which has been a launch pad for Hezbollah assaults into Israel. The announcement of a 10-day ceasefire between the events, or, more precisely, Israel’s settlement to not strike targets in Lebanon, gave hope that trouncing Iran and its IRGC goblins might be the start of one thing different for a area heretofore identified for terrorism, internecine violence, and damned little else; see Breaking: Trump Announces Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire After Rubio-Led Negotiations – PinkState.

Trump’s announcement, however, made it seem that the whole course of was merely to give Iran what it wished so talks might resume.

The U.S.A. will get all Nuclear “Dust,” created by our great B2 Bombers – No money will exchange arms in any method, form, or kind. This deal is in no method subject to Lebanon, either, but the USA will, individually, work with Lebanon, and deal with the Hezboolah scenario in an acceptable method. Israel is not going to be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the united statesA. Enough is enough!!! Thank you! President DJT

The news that Israel was “PROHIBITED” from concentrating on Hezbollah and had to rely upon an settlement between Washington and Beirut for a decision to that intractable downside hit Tel Aviv like a Biblical thunderbolt.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers had been shocked by Trump’s post, which contradicted the textual content of the ceasefire settlement between Israel and Lebanon that the State Department revealed on Thursday.

• The implication of Trump’s post — that he was issuing an order that Israel had no selection but to obey — would have been unthinkable under other U.S. administrations.
• Netanyahu was personally shocked and alarmed when he realized of the post, the sources said.

Things grew to become more tense on Friday when President Trump said, “Israel has to stop. They can’t continue to blow buildings up. I am not gonna allow it.”

There is no doubt that Netanyahu has walked a positive line between cooperation and malicious compliance, but I do not blame him. The U.S. can shut down Operation Epic Fury at any time and go home; for Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah are existential threats that aren’t going away. During this struggle, Israel performed the unhealthy cop to Trump’s good cop…to the extent that the “good cop” is bouncing JDAMs off your head. Israel has been the lead actor in whacking Iranian authorities figures, while the U.S. has gone after navy targets. It is Israeli drones that have created a reign of terror at Basij checkpoints in Iranian cities.

Iranians trolling the Basij with drone sounds from their car.

They’re not as robust as they are saying they’re 😂 pic.twitter.com/BX0C7U1p5W

— ZIONS OF ISRAEL (@Israeli_Sniper) March 17, 2026

This strategy has allowed the U.S. to attempt to negotiate an end to the struggle while conserving Israel as the boogeyman that causes fecal incontinence among IRGC and Iranian authorities leaders.

The thought that Trump can unilaterally order Israel to obey, while it runs pleasantly counter to the Jew-hatred turning into commonplace in sectors of the conservative motion, along with the noxious slander that the U.S. authorities is an Israeli consumer state, may be very harmful long-term. It brings with it the implication that Israel isn’t an ally but a sharp instrument with which to probe the bodily orifices of neighboring international locations. That doubtlessly makes U.S. pursuits targets and removes the U.S.’s means to mediate crises.

The mixture of the Truth Social post and an interview set Israel’s embassy employees into high gear to discover out exactly what the statements did and did not imply. The last factor Israel wants at this second is for Trump to get miffed and pull the plug on navy support. By the same token, it is not affordable to anticipate Israel to endure assaults from Lebanon, with no response, on the off-chance that Iran will make a deal.

According to reviews, the Israelis had been told, “The President’s ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel clearly states that Israel will not carry out any offensive military operations against Lebanese targets but preserves its right to self-defense against planned, imminent or ongoing attacks,” 

That clarification retains the door open to forestall Hezbollah assaults, including rocket launches, wherever in Lebanon while restraining strikes against just about nothing, successfully ignoring one of Iran’s so-called “red line” negotiating factors.

For a long time, former presidents have been all speak and no motion. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the risk from Iran once and for all.

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