Trump’s Middle East ‘peace’ pitch to Iran falls flat in Tehran and Jerusalem

In a Knesset speech, Trump urged Israel to reconcile with its longtime foe Iran. Both governments dismissed the idea

Amid the fanfare accompanying Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East and Israel's ceasefire with Hamas, one aspect of the US president's pitch as a peacemaker went relatively unscrutinised.

In the highly unlikely setting of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, Trump proffered an olive branch to an even less likely recipient: the Jewish state's arch enemy, Iran.