A senior Israeli official has told Israeli outlet N12, in comments reported by Al Arabiya, that President Trump wants to secure a deal with Iran at any cost. The official described the difference between peace and war under the current US administration in vivid terms, saying the gap was as narrow as the distance between letters on a keyboard.

Israel has long regarded Iran as its foremost security threat, and successive Israeli governments have watched US-Iran diplomatic engagement with concern, fearing that sanctions relief could free up resources Tehran directs toward regional proxies and its nuclear program. The official's comment is unofficial and unverified, but it adds a political dimension to a diplomatic story that has, over the past several days, been driven mainly by operational details around reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and gas flowed before the conflict began, has been at the centre of recent reporting. The waterway is the most critical energy chokepoint in the world, and any sustained disruption there reverberates through global supply chains far beyond the Gulf. Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal to reopen the strait could come within a day or two, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there had been progress in talks with Iran and Oman on moving more shipping through the waterway, though he cautioned that no final agreement had been reached.

Since then, reporting has suggested the two sides have moved further along. An Iranian source told CBS News that the broad outlines of a plan have largely been agreed, leaving implementation and timing as the main unresolved issues. Under that proposal, Iran would coordinate inbound traffic through the channel nearest its coast, while Oman would manage outbound traffic on its side, with a service fee split between the two countries.

Separately, The Telegraph reported that Iran is considering a voluntary fund, financed by Gulf and European states, to help cover the cost of managing navigation and safety services in the strait, modeled on a similar arrangement used in the Strait of Malacca. The Malacca Strait between Malaysia and Indonesia, one of the world's busiest trade routes, has for years relied on cooperative funding from littoral states and shipping stakeholders to maintain navigational safety and anti-piracy operations.

Against that backdrop, the Israeli official's account of Trump's posture appears consistent with the tone of the past week, in which US officials have repeatedly signaled urgency around reaching an agreement. Goldman Sachs has maintained its view that Brent crude will likely trade between $80 and $90 a barrel until either a finalized US-Iran agreement is confirmed or attacks escalate significantly.

Whether the administration's eagerness, as described by the Israeli official, leads to a faster resolution of the remaining implementation questions between Iran and Oman remains unclear. Still, the comment underscores how closely political messaging and market pricing around the conflict have been moving together.

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