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Analysis

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

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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؟

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TOPSHOT - Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted an area in Beirut on April 8, 2026. Israel launched a series of strikes on Beirut on April 8, the most violent attack on the Lebanese capital since the start of war. The strikes came as Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, which drew Lebanon into the Middle East war by attacking Israel on March 2, claimed it was close to a "historic victory". (Photo by Dylan COLLINS / AFP via Getty Images) /

Analysis

قبل محادثات واشنطن، ليس أمام إسرائيل خيار كبير سوى قبول وقف إطلاق النار في لبنان

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TOPSHOT - Iranians react after a ceasefire announcement at the Enqelab square, in Tehran, on April 8 2026. The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire Tuesday barely an hour before US President Donald Trump's deadline to obliterate the rival country was set to expire, with Tehran to temporarily reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

Analysis

وقف إطلاق النار الذي فرضه ترامب يثير ارتباك نتنياهو مع تحقيق إيران مكاسب سياسية

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People inspect destruction at a business building that housed the offices of the Doha-headquartered news network Al Araby TV following a missile strike earlier in the day, Tehran, Iran, March 29, 2026.

Analysis

إسرائيل تحث الولايات المتحدة على التصعيد ضد إيران، وتهدد بغزو بري محتمل

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TEHRAN, IRAN - OCTOBER 4: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Handout image/clip was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy.) In this handout image provided by the Iranian Leader's Press Office, Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei (C) with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (L) and Judiciary Chief Mohsen Ejeie (R), reading the Koran during the Friday prayer ceremony on October 04, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. Protesters supporting Iran's military position against Isra

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تشتبه إسرائيل في أن ترامب يراهن على ثلاثة مسؤولين إيرانيين، بمن فيهم قاليباف، لإنهاء الحرب

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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the eastern outskirts of the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on March 24, 2026. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Iran-backed Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel has since launched strikes across Lebanon, killing at least 1,039 people and displacing more than a million others, and sent ground troops into the country's south. (Ph

Analysis

إسرائيل تحذر وتكثف ضرباتها على إيران ولبنان قبيل محادثات ترامب

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France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) wearing sunglasses shakes hands with Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam prior to their meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

فرصة ضيقة: هل يمكن لضغط لبنان من أجل المحادثات أن يغير حسابات إسرائيل الحربية؟

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