Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky says the US-Iran ceasefire is likely to be “a major problem domestically” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The right-wing Israeli prime minister’s base “was expecting regime change, was expecting something very dramatic” with the Iran war. The two-week ceasefire agreement falls short of their expectations, Tarnopolsky notes.
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US-Iran ceasefire ‘a major problem domestically’ for Netanyahu
France 24
April 08, 2026
06:08 GMT
Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky says the US-Iran ceasefire is likely to be “a major problem domestically” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The right-wing Israeli prime minister’s base “was expecting regime change, was expecting something very dramatic” with the Iran war. The two-week ceasefire agreement falls short of their expectations, Tarnopolsky notes.
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