The Trump indictment rocking the United States contains numerous references to foreign countries and military battle plans that many believe relate directly to Iran and Israel – and may have even originated in Israeli intelligence sources. 

Haaretz diplomatic correspondent Amir Tibon joins Haaretz Weekly host Allison Kaplan Sommer to discuss the indictment as well as the similarities between Trump’s latest legal headaches and those of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was elected to Israel’s highest office while on trial for corruption.

“If you’re an American watching anxiously and wondering what it’s like to have a clash between a former president running for [office] again and the legal authorities, I don’t think there’s a lot of good news we can bring you from Israel,” Tibon said.

If the documents squirreled away in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom were indeed Israel-related, “it wouldn’t be the first time that Trump revealed secret information related to Israeli activities,” he added, recalling the 2017 incident in which the-then president reportedly gave Mossad intelligence to the Russians. 

If they were, he predicts that “it won’t be good for Israel to be part of the legal and political circus that will happen around this indictment.

Tibon also gives an update on the U.S.-Iran negotiations to revive a nuclear deal over Israeli objections – and the continuing signs that full diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia may come sooner than we think.

 

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