With the standoff over the frozen Iran war threatening a global economic meltdown, Washington and Tehran have scaled back their efforts to agree a comprehensive peace deal and now seek a limited pact putting off the harder issues. Israel is not directly involved in the peace effort. Netanyahu was eager to continue the war and would also be loath to subject Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah to a deal between Washington and Tehran. FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
