【Never seen anything like this! Netanyahu clashes with the White House】 In a post, Trump announced that strikes against Lebanon must be "prohibited" (prohibite).
This ultimatum-style wording shocked Netanyahu.
According to Axios, sources said Israel is seeking clarification from the White House, demanding an explanation.
Netanyahu and his advisors were deeply shocked and concerned by Trump’s post, believing its content contradicts the text of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement released by the U.S. State Department on Thursday.
The implication of Trump’s post was that he issued an order Israel had no choice but to obey.
This would have been unimaginable under any other U.S. president.
The day before, Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. The agreement stated that Israel retains the right to take military action during the ceasefire “for self-defense purposes, at any time, against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks.”
One day later, Trump’s wording was entirely different: “Israel will no longer bomb Lebanon. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!”
The key parts are all in uppercase.
However, the ceasefire is extremely sensitive for Netanyahu.
Even Netanyahu and his team learned about Trump’s remarks on Lebanon through media reports—leaving them in a highly reactive, passive position.
The Israeli ambassador to the U.S. is urgently engaging in public relations efforts, demanding clarification from the White House on whether U.S. stance has changed, emphasizing that Trump’s statements contradict the spirit of the agreement.
A U.S. official stepped forward to clarify: “The ceasefire agreement signed by the President explicitly states that Israel will not launch any offensive military operations against targets in Lebanon, but reserves the right to act in self-defense against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks.”
Thus, Trump’s capitalized “PROHIBITED” was clearly intended for Iranian audiences—or for casual observers—to make a showy statement. To Israelis, it appears as nothing more than Trump’s self-indulgent rant, self-deception.
A telling example: late Friday evening, when everyone was optimistic that the worst was over, an Israeli drone launched an attack in southern Lebanon.
Subsequently, Israel claimed: “Hezbollah violated the ceasefire agreement by attacking Israeli forces within the security zone. In accordance with the ceasefire terms, our troops took defensive action to eliminate the threat.”
Full ceasefire—idealistic in theory, harsh in reality.
Netanyahu cannot tolerate even a grain of sand from Trump’s outlandish post.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1862767693798407/
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