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Explosive report alleges US pressured ally to bomb Iran to protect Trump ahead of midterms

The Trump administration pushed a key U.S. ally to carry out strikes on Iran in a bid to “avoid political fallout” before the midterms, according to an explosive report from The Jerusalem Post published on Saturday — a report that two U.S. officials denied within hours of its publication. Citing a report from the Hebrew-language Israeli newspaper Maariv,…

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