Trump, Middle East and Benjamin Netanyahu
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When Donald Trump was reelected, Benjamin Netanyahu’s social media posts overflowed with cheer. But comments from Israeli coalition members and supporters indicate a sense they’re being abandoned.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would normally celebrate a hostage release such as that taking place on Monday, though in this case the deal with Hamas is another sign US President Donald Trump is starting to make decisions without him.
Trump cuts ties with Netanyahu over concerns of manipulation, Israeli media reports. According to Israeli Army Radio, the U.S. president stopped direct contact after being told by close aides that Netanyahu was trying to play him.
What the US deal with Hamas says about Trump’s spat with Netanyahu - ANALYSIS: The release of the last American held captive in Gaza, brokered directly between the US and Hamas, comes amid swirling ru
Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel are "worried about any deal" President Trump might strike with Iran, one source told NBC News.
Witkoff visits freed captive at hospital a day after his return from Gaza, facilitates call to Trump; Alexander not well enough to travel to Qatar to meet US president, family says
To illustrate the strange state of US-Israeli relations, Mr Trump dropped his Oval Office bombshell precisely as Mike Huckabee was enjoying wall-to-wall adulation at a ceremony in Jerusalem to welcome him as the new US ambassador to Israel.
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The National Interest on MSNTrump’s ‘Art of the Comeback’ Just Hit Netanyahu Like a BrickTrump is clearly distancing himself from Netanyahu—and moving the United States away from Israel’s preferred maximalist policies toward Iran and the Middle East as a whole.