Donald Trump: "The new Iranian proposal is unacceptable to me"

US President Donald Trump was highly critical of the Iranian peace proposal. "The new Iranian proposal is unacceptable to me," Trump said Sunday in an interview with Israeli public television. He also took the opportunity to assure that the Hebrew country "would not exist" without him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "in that order." "He is a prime minister in wartime. Israel would not exist if it were not for me and for Bibi [Netanyahu], in that order. You need a prime minister who can focus on the war and not on nonsense," he declared. Previously, the president had already expressed his "dissatisfaction" with the Iranian proposal to reach a peace agreement with Washington. "So, [the Iranians] want to close a deal, but I'm not satisfied with it, so we'll see what happens," he said. It was reported over the weekend that Iran handed the US a 14-point version of a peace proposal—in response to Washington's 9-point initiative—which demands a two-month ceasefire. The document was delivered through Pakistan as mediator. According to Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, the plan seeks to permanently end the imposed war.