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Analysis

بينما يجري قائد الجيش الباكستاني محادثات مع إيران، يخشى نتنياهو الإسرائيلي من الاستبعاد.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

A bride and group couple rides in a military jeep arriving for a public mass wedding ceremony at Imam Hossein Square in Tehran on May 18, 2026. Iran said on May 18 that it had responded to a new US proposal aimed at ending the war, adding that diplomatic exchanges continue despite Iranian media reports describing Washington's demands as excessive. Washington and Tehran have been swapping proposals in an effort to end the conflict which the US and Israel launched on February 28, but they have held only a sin

Analysis

إسرائيل تضغط من أجل فرض حصار كامل على إيران في انتظار الخطوة التالية لترامب

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US President Donald Trump talks to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as he departs the Al Bateen Executive Airport on May 15, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Analysis

"عمل طائش": نتنياهو يُثير غضب الإمارات بادعائه زيارة سرية

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Artillery units are positioned near the Lebanese border in northern Israel, May 4, 2026.

Analysis

معضلة الطائرات المسيرة الإسرائيلية: تهديد حزب الله منخفض التكلفة يعيد تشكيل جبهة لبنان

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Traffic passes a billboard depicting Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and in Persian "Israel is weaker than a spider's web," Valiasr Square, Tehran, April 15, 2024. ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images.

Analysis

تقرير وكالة المخابرات المركزية بشأن الصواريخ الإيرانية يُضعف موقف نتنياهو مع تلاشي نشوة الحرب

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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Analysis

إسرائيل تخشى أن يسعى ترامب إلى تحقيق النصر في مزاد هرمز مع تجاهل القضية النووية الإيرانية

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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Analysis

بدون استراتيجية للخروج، تواجه إسرائيل حزب الله المتشجع وخيارات محدودة بشأن إيران

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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Analysis

رغم ضغوط ترامب للحد من هجمات إسرائيل على لبنان، لا يزال من غير المرجح أن يجتمع عون ونتنياهو

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US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa (R) holds a signed "Make America Great Again" hat while (L-R) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad listen to US President Donald Trump speak during a meeting with Lebanon Ambassador to the US and Israel Ambassador to the US, at the White House in Washington, DC on April 23, 2026. US President Donald Trump met Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a

Analysis

إسرائيل تخشى أن يسعى ترامب إلى إبرام اتفاق مع لبنان لتعويض أخطاء إيران.

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Analysis

إسرائيل ترى أن فرصة التوصل إلى اتفاق بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران شبه معدومة، وتستعد للحرب

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Jerusalem on February 26, 2026. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

لماذا رضخ نتنياهو لضغوط ترامب بشأن لبنان وماذا يعني ذلك بالنسبة لإسرائيل؟

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press as he departs Tel Aviv for Qatar following an official visit, at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Lod, Israel, September 16, 2025. Israel heavily bombarded Gaza City on September 16 2025, witnesses told AFP, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new offensive there and its stated goal of eradicating Hamas. (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

مع بدء المحادثات اللبنانية الإسرائيلية، هل يستطيع روبيو الضغط على نتنياهو للتوصل إلى وقف إطلاق النار؟

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense