By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, May 25 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told confidants in private conversations that Israel has little ability to influence Donald Trump's decision-making on Iran as the U.

Iranian officials are in Qatar for talks amid efforts between the U.S. and Iran to bring about an end to the nearly three-month long war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with a risk that hostilities could resume if neither side agrees to the latest emerging proposal.

He warned that any agreement with Iran “would leave all the ayatollahs in power,” making the remarks in a Saturday evening N12 interview. Leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party, MK Avigdor Liberman,