The United States should restrain Israel from taking offensive military actions that drag America into a conflict and instead focus on diplomacy to resolve tensions.

“The fundamental problem is that we right now are not capable of restraining the Israelis. I think if President Trump focuses on it, I think he has the power to restrain the Israelis. But that's the the key first step in any formula towards peace.”

Israel prioritizes degrading Iran's military capacity over the nature of the Iranian regime to ensure its own strategic dominance in the region.

“Israel's focus is going to be on the capabilities and capacity of Iran rather than on the nature. So it doesn't matter if it's suddenly a plant American sorry regime there because the fear is that regime may fall. It will be replaced with another regime and if the country then is in good shape”