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Trump Rejected Israeli-Backed Kurdish Uprising Plan Against Iran Amid Turkish and U.S. Defense Opposition
President Donald Trump rejected a Mossad proposal to facilitate a Kurdish-led effort to topple the Iranian regime, despite his public criticism of the Kurds on May 11, 2026. Israeli defense and intelligence chiefs held multiple meetings with U.S. officials to press for American participation in the conflict following joint bombing campaigns.
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President Donald Trump vetoed the idea of facilitating a Kurdish-led uprising against Iran, sources confirm to The Jerusalem Post. Trump spoke in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 11, 2026. While addressing reporters that Monday, he attacked Kurdish groups for allegedly failing to help with a local uprising against the Iranian regime.
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The same day, Trump publicly confirmed providing weapons to the Kurds but then claimed they had failed to rise up against the Iranian regime. The Mossad proposed the possibility of helping to facilitate toppling the Iranian regime aligned with turning out mass protests.
U.S. And Israeli bombing campaign against the Iranian regime's forces. Foreign sources have widely reported that Turkey pressed Trump not to go forward with the Kurdish uprising option. -Gen. -Gen.
U.S. Defense officials to help convince President Trump to join the war. U.S. officials occurred via video conference with Trump. U.S. defense officials opposed the Kurdish plan from the start.
That opposition, along with other factors including pressure from Turkey, led Trump to veto the plan despite the earlier Israeli overtures. The article detailing these events was written by Yonah Jeremy Bob and published on May 11, 2026 at 20:23, updated at 20:24.
@Jerusalem_Post reported that it remained unclear why Trump made his public claims about the Kurds after having rejected the uprising option himself.
