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Israel counts the ways that Netanyahu’s Iran strategy failed

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding a news conference, following a US-Iran deal, in Jerusalem, on June 15.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding a news conference, following a US-Iran deal, in Jerusalem, on June 15.

PHOTO: REUTERS

David M. Halbfinger and Ronen Bergman

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JERUSALEM - For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the war he had hoped would secure his legacy – Israel and the US together attacking Iran – may be ending in a way that could sully it.

The framework agreement to end the war, announced on June 14, omits some of the most important things Israel wanted.

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