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‘Negotiations just to negotiate are pointless,’ Israeli official says as Trump weighs Iran talks
The official said the issue of 17% U.S. tariffs on Israel is ‘mostly solvable’ and Israeli approach to Qatar ‘needs to be more regulated’
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference alongside Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, (not pictured) on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The nuclear negotiations that President Donald Trump is pursuing with Iran are likely to be fruitless, a senior Israeli official told reporters traveling with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Hungarian capital on Friday.
“We...