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US President Donald Trump talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Jerusalem, Oct. 13, 2025.

Analysis

"كارثة كاملة": إسرائيل تسعى جاهدة للحصول على توضيحات بينما يروج ترامب للاتفاق النووي الإيراني الناشئ

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

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. US President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on December 29 for crucial talks on moving to the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan.The two leaders also discussed Iran, with Trump saying that if Tehran rebuilt its nuclear facilities the United States wo

Analysis

"نسمع بالفعل صوت الحافلة": مصادر إسرائيلية مطلعة تخشى أن يفقد نتنياهو دعم ترامب بشأن إيران

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A portrait of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is visible in heavily damaged building in the border town of Ayta al-Chaab, southern Lebanon, Feb. 21, 2026.

Analysis

لماذا ترى إسرائيل في "المناطق التجريبية" في لبنان سبيلاً لاحتواء حزب الله؟

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ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

"الإيرانيون هددوا ترامب فاستسلم": فيتو بيروت يكشف حقيقة نتنياهو

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PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 29: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. The two leaders are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting to discuss regional security in the Middle East as well as the U.S.-Israel partnership. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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"ترامب يكبح جماح الأمور": دائرة نتنياهو تُحمّل الرئيس الأمريكي مسؤولية فشل تغيير النظام في إيران والاتفاق الوشيك

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Analysis

"أخبار سيئة للغاية": إسرائيل تشعر بالقلق إزاء إصرار ترامب على المضي قدماً في الاتفاق النووي مع إيران

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AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

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

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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

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Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

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

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