00:00White House Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday ahead of highly sensitive talks with Iran's foreign minister.
00:28And this time, the message from Jerusalem is clear. A nuclear-only deal is not enough.
00:35Witkoff will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zemir, and Mossad Director David Barnea, Israel's top political, military, and intelligence leadership.
00:50The goal? To make sure Israel's concerns are heard before Witkoff sits down with Tehran.
00:57According to Iranian media, Witkoff is expected to meet Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in the coming days, likely in Turkey.
01:05Ahead of that meeting, the U.S. envoy wants to understand what Israel considers a good deal with Iran and what it absolutely will not accept.
01:15On the nuclear issue, Israel's position hasn't changed. Officials are demanding zero uranium enrichment and the complete removal of enriched uranium from Iranian territory.
01:25But that's only part of the story. Israel's bigger fear is what might be left out of a deal.
01:32Israeli officials worry Washington could settle for a narrow agreement focused only on nuclear facilities, while sidelining two issues Israel views as existential threats—Iran's ballistic missile program and its support for proxy forces across the region.
01:49From Israel's perspective, Iran's missiles, especially long-range systems, pose a direct danger to Israeli cities.
01:56The expectation is that the U.S. will push to limit missile range and capabilities.
02:01But Iranian officials are refusing to even discuss the issue.
02:04The same resistance applies to Iran's regional strategy, funding and arming militias from Lebanon to Gaza and exporting its revolutionary ideology beyond its borders.
02:16Israeli intelligence believes Iran's negotiating mandate deliberately excludes missiles and proxies, focusing strictly on nuclear matters, a move seen in Jerusalem as a troubling starting point.
02:30Whitcoff himself is viewed in Israel as cautious and opposed to military action.
02:35Some officials fear he could fall into what they describe as an Iranian negotiating trap—long talks, limited concessions, and pressure on Washington to declare diplomatic success.
02:47That raises the key question—how far is President Donald Trump willing to go?
02:53Some in Israel believe the decision may already be leaning toward confrontation.
02:58They point to the massive U.S. naval buildup in the region, an armada costing tens of billions of dollars, far exceeding preparations seen in other global hotspots.
03:08In Israel's view, Washington wouldn't deploy forces on this scale unless a military option was genuinely on the table.
03:16At the same time, U.S. military planners reportedly see no silver billet, no quick strike that would collapse the Iranian regime.
03:26Any operation would likely be prolonged and costly.
03:29Still, the scale of the deployment suggests the U.S. is not backing away from that risk.
03:35Meanwhile, Gaza is also high on the agenda.
03:39Over the weekend, the IDF killed at least three militants in the Rafah area after fighters were seen emerging from an eastern Rafah tunnel.
03:47Israeli strikes also injured civilians, prompting condemnation and calls for restraint from international officials.
03:54As Witkoff arrives, Israel is signaling that diplomacy cannot ignore missiles, militias, or Gaza, and that time may be running out.
04:03Within days, it should become clear whether Iran recognizes how precarious its position is, or whether it believes Washington will ultimately blink again.
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