Iran MOU highlights Trump’s divisions with Benjamin Netanyahu

Published June 16, 2026 11:07am ET | Updated June 16, 2026 11:07am ET



The G7 summit in Evian, France, put flaring tensions between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on full display as the U.S. rapidly advances to end the war in Iran

Trump and Netanyahu jointly launched the Feb. 28 strikes on Tehran that began the war but are now on different tracks over how the conflict should end. While at the G7, the president bluntly criticized Israel’s handling of the battle against Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group, in Lebanon.

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