American President Donald Trump said he had informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he was receiving at the White House, on Wednesday of his desire to continue discussions on nuclear power with Iran in order to determine whether the conclusion of an agreement was possible.

Published on: 02/11/2026 - 04:27 Modified on: 02/11/2026 - 21:32

This is the seventh time that Donald Trump has received the Israeli Prime Minister since his return to the White House. The American president "insisted", Wednesday February 11, to Benjamin Netanyahu on his desire to continue discussions with Iran. His guest, a supporter of a hard line, pleaded for the “security needs” of his country to be taken into account in these talks.

The meeting at the White House between the American president and the Israeli leader lasted more than two hours. Relatively unusual, this seventh interview between the two men since the 79-year-old Republican's return to power took place completely away from the press.

"No final decision was made except that I insisted that negotiations with Iran would continue to see whether or not an agreement could be reached. If possible, I indicated to the Prime Minister that this would be my preference," the American president wrote on his Truth Social network after the meeting. “If this is not possible, we will have to see what the result will be,” added the Republican, who has positioned an impressive armada in the region.

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The question of ballistic missiles

“Last time, Iran decided it would be better not to make a deal” and “it turned out badly for them,” he added, referring to the United States' bombing of Iranian nuclear sites during a 12-day war Israel launched in June. “Let’s hope that this time they will be more reasonable,” concluded Donald Trump to the Iranians.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, for his part, “insisted on the security needs of the State of Israel within the framework of the negotiations” between the United States and Iran, the Israeli leader's office said in a statement after the meeting. “The two leaders agreed to continue coordination and close contact between them,” according to the same source.

“We must include in any negotiation (between Iran and the United States) the limitation of ballistic missiles and the freezing of support for the Iranian axis”, that is to say to the armed groups linked to Tehran in the region, Benjamin Netanyahu had demanded before his visit.

The missile issue is a red line for Israel, approximately 2,000 kilometers from Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu assures that military action is the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue once and for all.

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After initial talks on February 6 in Oman, Washington and Tehran said they wanted to continue dialogue, even if their positions are very far apart.

“Discussions are limited to the nuclear issue,” Ali Larijani, head of the Iranian National Security Council, said Wednesday in an interview with Al-Jazeera reported by the Iranian state agency IRNA. He repeats that Tehran refuses to completely renounce uranium enrichment and accuses Israel of seeking to “sabotage” the talks. In the event of an American attack, "we will attack the bases (of the United States) in the region", he also recalled.

Trump Peace Council

Washington does not intend to limit a possible agreement to nuclear power. The United States wants to limit the range of Iranian ballistic missiles and end support for armed groups hostile to Israel, such as the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah or the Palestinian Hamas.

During a meeting on Wednesday with the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, Benjamin Netanyahu ratified Israel's participation in Donald Trump's Peace Council, according to his services.

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According to analysts, the Israeli leader anticipated his arrival to try to influence Donald Trump before the American president meets next week with Arab leaders participating in his Peace Council. The latter could argue for restraint in the face of Iran.

The body headed by the American president was designed to put an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, but its charter assigns it a broader objective, competing with that of the UN, namely the resolution of armed conflicts in the world.

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