Since launching air strikes on Iran last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been working to pull President Donald Trump into the war, and sway a sceptical American public. In his daily calls and public statements,

With dramatic appeals amid failed nuclear negotiations, Bibi laid the groundwork for Trump to back a war with Iran

President Trump said Wednesday that Iran still wants to negotiate with the U.S. and even proposed sending a delegation to the White House, but that it was getting "very late" for talks and he might soon authorize strikes on Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. President Donald Trump presided over a national security meeting about Iran with top aides at the White House on Friday, a U.S. official said. The official also said U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is in regular contact with the Iranians,

Calling Iran an "evil regime," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday visited the Weizmann Institute of Science, close to where an Iranian missile hit earlier this week.