Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

President Donald Trump said Iran wants to talk about de-escalating the deadly conflict with Israel but that country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, signaled strikes would continue.“They want to make a deal,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC on Monday that Israel is not interested in resuming negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Netanyahu shot down the peace talks amid reports that Iran was interested in renewing negotiations as the Israeli Air Force continues its devastating bombardment of Tehran’s nuclear sites,