WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Israeli Wazir-e-Azam Benjamin Netanyahu ne Hafta ko phone call mein US Sadr Donald Trump par zor diya ke Mangal ko hone wale US midterm elections ke fauran baad Iran par hamle shuru kiye jayein, jabke Trump muzakrat ko mazeed waqt dene ke haq mein thay, aik US ahalkar aur aik Israeli ahalkar ne bataya.
Israeli ahalkar ne guftagu ko "sakht" qarar diya. American ahalkar ne ise "baraah-e-raast" kaha. White House aur Israeli wazir-e-azam ke daftar ne tabsira karne se inkar kar diya.
Trump ne Hafta ko sahafiyon ko bataya ke Iran ke saath muzakrat "theek chal rahi hain" aur woh "zyada jaldi mein" nahin hain, lekin unhon ne is par sawal uthaya ke kya Tehran apna wada nibhayega. "Woh muahida karte hain, aur phir pichhe hat jate hain," unhon ne kaha. Unhon ne yeh bhi kaha ke US ab bhi Pickaxe Mountain ke naam se jane jane wale aik mashkook zer-e-zameen nuclear maqam ko nishana bana sakta hai. "Hum yeh 10 minute mein kar sakte hain," unhon ne kaha.
Wazir-e-Kharja Marco Rubio ne kaha ke Trump ne faisla nahin kiya tha ke naye hamlon ka hukm dein ya nahin, aur woh sifarati nateeje ko tarjeeh dete thay. "Unhon ne abhi faisla nahin kiya," Rubio ne Atlanta mein G20 ke wuzra-e-kharja ke ijlas ke baad kaha. Trump ko Jumerat ko White House mein US Central Command ke sarbarah Admiral Brad Cooper ne fauji options ke bare mein briefing di.
Israeli ahalkar kam pur-ummeed lag rahe hain. "Lagta hai hum muahide ke bajaye jang ki taraf ja rahe hain," aik aala ahalkar ne Hafta ki shaam kaha, aur mazeed bataya ke Israel is soorat ke liye tayyari kar raha hai ke voting ke fauran baad larai dobara shuru ho jaye.
Samandar mein, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ki behri fauj ne Itwar ki der raat kaha ke do oil tankers us raste se, jise woh "ghair mujaz rasta" qarar deta hai, Strait of Hormuz se guzarte hue mines se takra kar phat gaye, Irani sarkari media ke mutabiq. Kisi azad zarae se tasdeeq nahin hui, aur Iran ne jahazon ke naam nahin bataye. Iran pichhle hafta kai baar isi tarah ke dawe kar chuka hai, aur kehta hai ke US jis janoobi raste ko farogh de raha hai, us par jahaz aise pani mein dakhil ho rahe hain jin ki us ne manzoori nahin di.
Alag se, UK Maritime Trade Operations markaz ne Itwar ko kaha ke aik tijarati jahaz ke captain ne Mayday call relay ki, jis mein kaha gaya ke aabnaye mein aik aur jahaz ko na maloom projectile ne nishana banaya. Yeh wazeh nahin tha ke kya is waqie ka Irani dawe se koi taalluq hai.
Dhamkiyon ke saath saath diplomacy jari rahi. Qatari salison ne Itwar ko musalsal teesre din Irani ahalkaron se mulaqat ki, aur Wazir-e-Kharja Abbas Araghchi ne kaha ke koi muahida nahin ho saka aur peshraft ka inhisar is par hai ke Washington Tehran ke uthaye gaye sawalat ke jawab de. Unhon ne ummeed ka izhar kiya ke doosra fareeq "doosre raston par diplomacy ko chunega".
Iran ki fauj ka lehja zyada sakht tha. Tarjuman Mohammad Akraminia ne sarkari television par kaha ke koi bhi nayi jang pichhli jang se zyada taweel ho sakti hai, aur American sadr yeh hukm nahin de sakega ke woh kab ya kaise khatm hogi.
