New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : A senior Western diplomat who met with the president earlier this month said that Trump communicated the US would give those negotiations only weeks to succeed before resorting to military strikes.
45% : But Trump also set a limit on how long the US would engage in diplomatic efforts.
36% : "At the end of the day, the Israeli decision-making is going to be predicated on US policy determinations and actions, and what agreements President Trump does or does not come to with Iran," Panikoff said, who added that he did not believe Netanyahu would be willing to risk entirely fracturing the US relationship by launching a strike without at least tacit US approval.
35% : In a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in mid-March, Trump set a 60-day deadline for those efforts to succeed, according to a source familiar with the communication.
25% : "I think it's more likely they strike to try and get the deal to fall apart if they think Trump is going to settle for a 'bad deal,'" said the other person familiar with US intelligence.
24% : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure both to avoid a US-Iran deal that Israel doesn't view as satisfactory, while also not alienating Trump -- who has already broken with the Israeli prime minister on key security issues in the region.
19% : Trump has publicly threatened military action against Iran if his administration's efforts to negotiate a new nuclear deal to limit or eliminate Tehran's nuclear program fail.

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