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Haaretz argued on 11 November 2026 that after President Trump's midterm setback, Israel is the only party still pushing to resume the war with Iran in the Gulf. The analysis says the possibility has not been definitively ruled out, but Trump has returned to business as usual until his next reversal. Separately, the New York Times reported that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved onto a military base after Iranian threats against his life, and a senior US intelligence official warned in a late-October memo seen by Reuters that Iranian plots against Americans had reached advanced stages.