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Israel's U.S. Ambassador Downplays Reports of Tension between Trump, Netanyahu
(Fox News) Israel's U.S. ambassador Yechiel Leiter told Fox News on Tuesday, "We entered this war with Iran together, we'll end it together without acrimony." He added that conversations between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu were cooperative. "They have a deep friendship that goes back some 40 years, and sometimes lovers have a spat, and sometimes the tension in the room and on the conversation can get a little heated." "The fact of the matter is that the level of cooperation between our two countries has never been greater. We have the same objectives. We have the same intentions....The President understands full well that we cannot absorb ballistic missiles into our country without responding." "The main issue here is that Iran is trying to connect the negotiations with the United States with Lebanon, and they have nothing to do Lebanon. We are not going to allow Hizbullah to dominate Lebanon, to fire killer drones and missiles and rockets into our northern communities, and let them have impunity in Beirut. That's understood really by everyone, particularly by our American friends." "When we hit Hizbullah, that has nothing to do with Iran and they have to stay out of it. Lebanon wants Iran to stay out of it. We are on the same page with Lebanon about keeping Iran out of our area. Lebanon will not have a future if it remains linked to Iran....In order for Israel to have security and for Lebanon to have freedom, it is absolutely imperative that Iran is delinked from the Lebanon issue."