Trump must continue to move toward Iran talks, even as Netanyahu tries to derail it – Mondoweiss

In a moment that stunned many in Washington, Donald Trump announced this week that high-level talks with Iran would begin on Saturday in Oman. Sitting beside him was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—perhaps the most fervent opponent of diplomacy with Tehran—who had just called for a so-called “Libya model” approach to Iran: a euphemism for demands so extreme they would sabotage diplomacy and push both nations toward war.

But what unfolded wasn’t the show of unity…