TNA Staff
The New Arab / February 8, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is set to take a list of demands to Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to travel to Washington carrying a list of Israeli demands to present to US President Donald Trump, amid ongoing US–Iran negotiations in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear programme, according to the Israeli news website Ynet.
The report said Netanyahu decided to bring forward his Washington visit, originally planned for around two weeks later, in a bid to influence the US negotiating position on Iran.
Trump’s envoys have been holding talks with Iranian officials in Oman for the past week, with discussions focused primarily on Iran’s nuclear activities.
According to Ynet, Netanyahu is seeking assurances that Washington will take Israel’s security concerns into account during the negotiations. Israeli officials fear the talks could be limited to the nuclear issue alone, while excluding other matters Israel considers strategic “threats” posed by Iran.
The Israeli demands reportedly include reaching a comprehensive agreement that would dismantle Iran’s nuclear project, halt uranium enrichment entirely, and remove enriched uranium from Iranian territory.
The list also calls for the return of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct close and intensive monitoring of Iran’s activities, including surprise inspections of suspected sites.
On Iran’s missile programme, Israel is demanding that the range of Iranian missiles be capped at 300 kilometres, a limit which Israeli officials believe would prevent Tehran from posing a direct threat to the country.
In addition, Israel wants any agreement between Washington and Tehran to include guarantees preventing Iran from supporting Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi movement.
Ynet quoted an Israeli official as saying that Netanyahu wanted the US to accept Israel’s conditions, particularly with regard to ballistic missiles.
However, aside from the nuclear issue, the remaining Israeli demands are considered by Iran to be outside the scope of negotiations.
According to the report, it remains unclear how far the United States is willing or able to insist on these conditions. The most recent round of talks on Friday reportedly lasted eight hours but ended without a significant breakthrough.
Washington has agreed to hold an additional meeting, while making clear to Tehran that it expects to hear a “serious proposal” in the next round rather than what it claims are attempts to buy time. Israel, for its part, hopes the United States will not retreat from what it considers red lines in the negotiations.
Alongside the diplomatic track, the United States has continued to signal that military options remain on the table should talks fail. On Saturday, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which has recently arrived in the region.
The commander of United States Central Command, Brad Cooper, also participated in consultations, according to the report.
Separately, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar claimed that ballistic missiles produced by Iran in “huge quantities” pose a threat not only to Israel but also to other countries in the Middle East, and even to European states within their range.
Sa’ar made the remarks during a meeting with Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano on Sunday in occupied Jerusalem. During the meeting, Sa’ar said that “the Iranian regime has already used missiles against other countries in the Middle East”, arguing that this demonstrates the nature of the threat Iran poses at both regional and international levels.
Sa’ar also addressed developments in the Gaza Strip, saying that “Hamas must be disarmed, and the Gaza Strip demilitarised”, adding that this is “the core of the US [ceasefire] plan and must not be compromised”.
