US President Donald said on Thursday that something was going to happen regarding the Iranian conflict “fairly soon” amid fear of renewed escalation. Trump also said that he doesn’t think that the US was negotiating with Iran. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. “I think we are not negotiating,” Trump told reporters when asked about the status of talks. “We’re gonna have something one way or the other that’ll happen fairly soon.
Most people seem to think it’s after the election, and we’re going to see what happens,” he added. “We’re doing very well militarily and financially against Iran,” he told reporters. His comments came amid heightened fear of a renewed conflict with Iran amid an anticipation for the upcoming Israeli elections and the US midterms. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the Israeli military to plan for resumed strikes against Iran earlier this month, according to sources cited by the Financial Times on Wednesday, but Trump reportedly objected to the idea.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article never mentions the New York Times report, published as Trump spoke, that the US and Israeli militaries had both drawn up plans for renewed strikes on Iran after the 3 November midterms. It cites only a report that Netanyahu ordered strike planning and that Trump objected. Without the New York Times report, a reader believes strike planning is an Israeli project with the US as the brake. A reader also misses that Trump's "after the election" line matches reported joint US-Israeli plans.
Al Arabiya English reports Trump's remarks on Iran accurately and attributes them to him. It calls the US and Israeli war on Iran "the Iranian conflict" and never says who launched it. It pairs Trump's remarks only with a report that Netanyahu ordered strike planning and Trump objected, and leaves out the same day's report that US and Israeli militaries had both drawn up plans for strikes after the midterms.
Uses a loaded word
Minor
“the Iranian conflict”
Why this matters
In its own voice, Al Arabiya English calls the war "the Iranian conflict". The phrase ties the war to Iran and names no one who began it.
The impression it gives
A reader may take the war as Iran's conflict, something arising from Iran, rather than a war the US and Israel launched against Iran.
The context
The US and Israel launched the war by bombing Iran on 28 February. The outlet itself reported this a month earlier, and the same day's coverage says so. The article never names who started it.
The article never mentions the New York Times report, published as Trump spoke, that the US and Israeli militaries had both drawn up plans for renewed strikes on Iran after the 3 November midterms. It cites only a report that Netanyahu ordered strike planning and that Trump objected. Without the New York Times report, a reader believes strike planning is an Israeli project with the US as the brake. A reader also misses that Trump's "after the election" line matches reported joint US-Israeli plans.