BREAKING: Trump Vows to Stop Israel From Attacking Lebanon | Major Middle East Statement | News18

Speaking of Israel, Sanjay, we're getting in more breaking inputs. This, as the US President has now commented, he's gone on to say that my relationship with Netanyahu is good, but we have to keep him somewhat reasonable. He's also gone on to remind Netanyahu that without my intervention, Israel would have been crushed. Let's quickly take this forward with Sanjay. Sanjay, many, you know, observers of this relationship between the US President and Israeli Prime Minister say that we've seen differences, but they've been able to override those differences, even when similar scenarios cropped up in Gaza. But do you think that will be applicable to Lebanon? Well, you know, there is an issue of language here and language is not an incidental issue. It is really integral to what is going on here. Trump is speaking of Netanyahu here as some sort of an errant child who he can control and bring to heel and control with a little whack on his head and a tap on the back and said, stop, and Netanyahu will stop. That's not how Israel sees it. Needless to say, that's not how Netanyahu sees it. For the Israelis, the Hezbollah is an immediate threat sitting at their doorstep and attacking Israel. That is the Israeli perception and the Israeli experience as well. And so will Israel hold back on hitting back at Hezbollah? On the other hand, it may be that there are incidents in Israel that Israel says these are attacks from Hezbollah and that becomes provocation or excuse or reason for Israel to hit back in order to then derail the agreement that it does not want. It could be anything along this spectrum of possibilities. But clearly, Israel is not going to hold back simply because Trump has said that, look, you are badly behaved. Well, I'm going to give you a spat on the back. If you don't obey, I'll scold you or even whack you. So you will do as I say. This confidence of Trump is now being put to the test.