Several Knesset members participated in the march, along with reservists and bereaved families. A reservist who served hundreds of days in the war said: 'Those who say they'd rather die than enlist do not want to be part of Israeli society'

A U.S. official told the New York Times that Netanyahu and Trump spoke on Wednesday, when the president said he had been told that the killing of protesters in Iran has stopped, and that there are no plans for executions. The official did not specify why Netanyahu requested the delay

Trump's supporters will undoubtedly frame the deceleration of the slide toward conflict as validation of his madman theory of global affairs, in which the power of his threats alone carries more weight than previous U.S. leaders