Looking back from 2026 to 1967 reveals the extent to which Israel will go to serve its own interests, even when this means harming its ally.

There is a clear pattern of Israeli deception. It started a century ago with the colonial/settler occupation of Palestinian land and continues today.

Attempts to kill the Iranian negotiators: 2026

The New York Times and the Times of Israel (3 July 2026) reported that Israel was planning to kill the two top Iranian negotiators engaged in the peace talks with United States. The targets were Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian Parliamentary speaker and Abbas Araghchi the Foreign Affairs Minister.

The New York Times report, which cites current and former US officials, alleges that some officials believed Israel may have been planning to kill the top Iranian negotiators in the weeks following the 8 April ceasefire that halted fighting in the US–Israel war with Iran. US officials asked counterparts in other countries across the region to warn Tehran that Israel may try to target the two negotiators.

Officials noted that when the war began on 28 February, and as Israel worked its way through killing much of Iran’s senior leadership, including people who able to negotiate with the US, both Araghchi and Ghalibaf could have been legitimate targets.

Once a ceasefire was declared in early April and Araghchi and Ghalibaf began representing Iran’s position in ceasefire negotiations, the US officials said any attempt to kill them would undermine the talks and trigger new fighting. In March, a Pakistani official told Reuters that Israel had taken both Araghchi and Ghalibaf off its hit list, after Pakistan asked Washington not to target them because killing them would mean there would be “no one else to talk to” about negotiating a ceasefire.

According to the New York Times, Ghalibaf narrowly escaped being killed in Israel’s June 2025 war with Iran. He was rescued from the rubble of a building that was struck. An Israeli threat against........

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