Donald Trump's secret dream: A visit to Tehran - and a deal that Israel will really not like | Shlomo Shamir

It is not in the headlines. There are no reports, no commentary articles, and no statements from President Donald Trump. Even in his beloved tweets, there is not a word. However, this unusual fact sheds light on what is really happening—quietly, practically, and pragmatically—in the confused sphere of the consequences of the war against Iran.

This topic is discussed in off-the-record conversations and interviews with senior commentators at the UN headquarters in New York, known as experts on Middle Eastern issues. They ask to avoid any hint that might reveal their names. Senior Jews in the community are also aware of what is happening and ask not to publish their identities.

What emerges in conversations taking shape in the upper echelons of the White House, in the close circle of President Donald Trump, is the existence of a detailed plan for the 'rehabilitation' of Iran. More than that, it involves returning Tehran to its status before October 7 and granting it the status of a normal state, part of the 'family of nations.'

This is not an exaggeration. Some time ago, a deputy head of a Western delegation at the UN whispered to me that the dream fueling President Donald Trump's adrenaline is an official visit to Tehran. "Maybe it sounds like a fantasy, but this aspiration occupies the President. He sees it as an event that will save the Republican Party from defeat in the midterm elections and guarantee him the Nobel Peace Prize."

'They don't care'

Those who are intensively, but secretly, engaged in shaping the details of this plan are Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The two senior officials closest to Donald Trump. According to Washington commentators, the President is well aware of their activities, but there are details the two have not yet updated their patron about. "Donald Trump trusts them totally," a commentator close to the White House leadership told me.

Both have experience in managing contacts with Gulf state leaders. Kushner is known as one of the architects of the Abraham Accords. "The difference is," say analysts, "that if they also achieve an agreement with Iran, it will be an 'Ishmael agreement.'"

The rule of the Ayatollahs and the influence of the Revolutionary Guards have made the regime in Iran the closest in character to the Nazi regime. The Nazis had a goal—the 'final solution' for the destruction of the Jewish people. The regime in Iran has officially documented its goal to erase the State of Israel from the map. This fact does not bother Witkoff and Kushner, two Jews, from planning an agreement that will ensure Tehran a place of honor in the international arena.

It is no secret that Kushner's activity regarding the Abraham Accords earned him billions in financial profits. Witkoff also managed to use these ties for large profits. In conversations with diplomats at the UN, there is a general consensus that the motives pushing the pair to achieve a peace agreement with Iran lie in the fact that they see it as an inexhaustible source of huge financial gain.

An agreement that grants the government in Tehran—a dark and oppressive regime—the status of a normal state, open to investment, will serve as fertile ground for Witkoff and Kushner. These investments will bring them profits many times greater than those they pocketed following the Abraham Accords.

The serious, threatening meaning of such an agreement from Israel's perspective does not interest the two. In spoken Hebrew, 'they don't care.' It is no secret that both do not like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Not only do they not like him, both cannot stand Netanyahu," say senior Jews in the community. "Both enjoy in particular not updating Netanyahu on discussions and developments concerning Israel and the Middle East that take place in the White House."

The assessment of Washington commentators and veteran diplomats at the UN is that a peace agreement with Iran is not yet close. "It will take weeks and months to draft and achieve the consent of the senior officials ruling in Tehran," they emphasize.

And yet, the existence of such activity, the consent of President Donald Trump, and his quiet support for efforts to reach a full and sweeping agreement with Iran should worry Israel. More than worry.