Trump tries to leverage Iran's threat to make peace in Israel

Iran's support of extremist groups in the region is a threat to both Israel and Arab states

President Donald Trump landed in Israel on a ground-breaking direct flight on Monday from Saudi Arabia, as he seeks to team up the Jewish state and Arab countries against a common foe — Iran — in a long-shot bid for peace in West Asia.

Iran’s support of extremist groups in the region is a threat both to Israel and Arab states along the Persian Gulf, Trump said in a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. There’s a “growing realisation among your Arab neighbours that they have common cause with you in the threat posed by Iran,” Trump told