For perspective on all of this, we turn now to two people with extensive experience dealing with Israel and Iran.

Dennis Ross played leading roles in the Middle East peace process for both Democratic and Republican administrations.

He's now at the Washington Institute for Near East policy.

And Alan Eyre had a four-decade career in the U.S. Foreign Service focusing on the Middle East, including

Iran. He's now a distinguished diplomatic fellow at the Middle East Institute. Thank you both for

being here. Dennis Ross will start with you. The Trump administration says its talks with Iran

are focused on three pillars, the nuclear program, ballistic missiles, and support for proxy forces. These are things that

the Israeli Prime Minister has been emphasizing for years. Given that President Trump and Netanyahu

apparently have alignment on this, why the need for this hastily arranged meeting?

Well, I suspect there's several reasons for it. The first reason is that Prime Minister Netanyahu, I suspect there's several reasons for it.

The first reason is that Prime Minister Netanyahu, I think, has some concerns about how

Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner are approaching the negotiations.

He seems to believe that they're quite anxious for a deal, and he wanted to underscore the conditions that would make any deal acceptable,

being able to do it face-to-face with President Trump is something that obviously he thinks

allows him to be more persuasive than to do it over a phone call.

But I think also there's a secondary domestic political reason for this.

He's gone and seen the president more than anybody else. The president's standing among the Israeli public is quite high, largely because he was seen as producing the release of all the American hostages.

And BB wants to be in a position where he can demonstrate. We all know how important Trump is to us,

and I'm the only one who can manage that relationship. Look at how often I go, look at the impact I have. Alan Eyre, you were part of the nuclear negotiating team for years. Based on your experience,

is Iran realistically willing to accept limits not just on its program, but also on missiles and

its support for proxies, or is that simply a bridge too far for the regime?

That's many bridges too far. I think it's highly unlikely that Iran would be willing

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