‘Getting pretty close': Expert analyses Israeli potential to strike Iran
Strategic Analysis Australia Director Peter Jennings discusses the potential for an Israeli strike on Iran.
'I think we are getting pretty close to a time when a strike is going to happen,' Mr Jennings told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
'Trump's style here is, to give him credit, he attempted to have a negotiation with the Iranians, and there were five rounds of negotiations.
'I think Trump will realise that that was getting nowhere and will very quickly move back to what Israel has wanted to do pretty much since December.
'Strike while they still can before Iran does get nuclear weapons.'
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