How Netanyahu, in Cooperation with Trump, Successfully Deceived Iran

Gamal Khattab

Occupation's Crimes

This isn't the first time the Zionist entity has used strategic deception and outright lies to convince a victim that it has no aggressive intentions or thoughts of aggression. The strategic deception employed by the enemy is unprincipled and immoral, stooping to any level.

The occupying entity, always in cooperation with the United States, and previously the United Kingdom, and their European supporters, does not hesitate to use all types of lies, obfuscation, and deception to achieve its aims. McMahon lied to Sharif Hussein, who ended up exiled in Cyprus, unable to find his daily sustenance. They lied to the Palestinian people during the 1936 revolt. These have always been their ethics; they justify everything, especially lying, to achieve their goals.

They Lie as They Breathe

According to Avi Benayahu, former spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces:

"In the last five years, lying has become a legitimate tool for politicians. When Trump, or Putin, or Erdogan, or Bibi lies, we are no longer shocked. Yitzhak Shamir once said that it is permissible to lie for the sake of state security.1 If a leader finds it acceptable to lie in political matters, it is certainly acceptable in fundamental matters concerning state secrets."

Former Minister Nachman Shai, also a former spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, states: "With the dominance of fake news, lying has become routine.² What was once forbidden is now normal. Truth has become a lower priority. Can I say that no one in the Prime Minister's office manipulates journalists or media outlets to spread misinformation? I wouldn't rule it out. The media is more open to these influences than ever before."

Cast Lead

Before Operation Cast Lead in Gaza (2008-2009), the office of then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced that a security cabinet meeting was held on a Wednesday to discuss global jihad, while it was actually held to prepare for that operation. After the meeting, the statement dedicated a full page to efforts to ban 35 Islamic groups, while only one line was dedicated to the topic of Gaza. The next day, Thursday, Israel announced the opening of border crossings with Gaza, and that Olmert would hold more meetings on Sunday to discuss tensions with Hamas. Israel launched its surprise attack on Saturday, bombing Hamas police centers and killing over two hundred people on the first day of the operation.

Deceiving Iran

Two weeks before the strike, a joint "deception operation" began between the occupying entity and America to deceive Iran and make it believe that Israel would not attack it soon. The Prime Minister's office orchestrated this operation, which involved providing Israeli journalists, especially those not loyal to Netanyahu, with false and misleading information. The operation focused on nuclear talks between the White House and Tehran, suggesting an American-Israeli disagreement.

An Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Friday that Israel and the United States had carried out a multifaceted media disinformation campaign in recent days to convince Iran that a strike on its nuclear facilities was not imminent. The official affirmed that US President Donald Trump was actively involved in the deception and had been aware of the military operation since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to proceed with its execution on the Monday preceding the operation.

The operation:

1.      On June 9, Channel 13 reported that Dermer and Barnea were preparing another trip to meet Steve Witkoff.³ In the following days, "urgent" sources continued to promote to Israeli journalists that the US nuclear deal was settled, and that Dermer and Barnea were striving to divert US attention from the deal, and that Trump strongly opposed any "Israeli" strike. One journalist said: "This information was spoon-fed, unlike similar cases in the past."

2.     On June 10, Channel 12 reported that Trump informed Netanyahu in a phone call that he "had not given up on negotiations" with Iran, and demanded that he "take the strike off the table."⁴

3.     Two days later, while air force planes were heading to Tehran, Channel 12 stated that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Air Force Commander Tomer Bar "affirmed their position" and told Netanyahu that Israel could not act alone against Iran.

4.    For his part, Trump issued vague statements, saying, "I don't want Israel to attack Iran." He sent his ambassador in Jerusalem, Mike Huckabee, to tell the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that "the President would be happy if the Iranian issue ended peacefully."⁵ This headline appeared on the front page of Yedioth Ahronoth on Friday, June 13, after the strike began.

5.     Before the war, Netanyahu and Trump spoke on the phone for 40 minutes on the same day.⁶ At that time, unnamed officials leaked to Israel's Channel 12 that Trump had asked Netanyahu in a "dramatic" conversation to remove any attack on Iranian nuclear sites from the agenda as negotiations continued. According to the TV report, Trump confirmed there would be no discussion of a military strike until the President was certain that nuclear talks with Iran had failed.

6.    The next day, Netanyahu announced in a video statement "significant progress" in hostage talks with Hamas. Foreign Minister Gidon Sa'ar repeated this message in a joint statement with his Zambian counterpart.⁷ Officials told Israeli journalists that Thursday's cabinet meeting would address hostage talks, even though the talks were stalled.⁸

7.     Netanyahu's office stated on Thursday, confirming that, despite some media reports suggesting otherwise, amidst escalating regional tensions, Netanyahu would not cancel his weekly vacation in the north.

8.    Avner Netanyahu, Netanyahu's son, was scheduled to marry the week the war began, an event that led many to believe an imminent strike was unlikely. Preparations for the ceremony proceeded on Thursday, with police setting up iron barriers and barbed wire fences around a 100-meter perimeter of the upscale "Ronit's Farm" event hall in Kibbutz Yakum, north of Tel Aviv. However, the ceremony was postponed.

These are some, but not all, of the misleading methods used by the occupying entity in cooperation with its primary supporter, which we were able to quickly enumerate. All or most of them originated from the entity and its primary supporter, the United States of America. There is no doubt that Europe is also involved in deceiving Iran, not to mention the intelligence deception that uses its agents outside and inside Iran.

Sources:

1.      The Economic Times

2.     Middle East Eye

3.     Times of Israel

4.    Israel Hayom