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Netanyahu, Trump to Meet About Iran

US negotiators held talks with Iran's on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington next week, with Iran will be front and center. On Wednesday, his office said, he'll meet with President Trump to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran, Reuters reports. Those talks are unfolding indirectly: US and Iranian officials...

Israel's Latest Gaza Operation Could Mark a Turning Point

With Ran Gvili's recovery, Rafah crossing will be reopened, Israel says

(Newser) - Israel said Sunday its military was conducting a "large-scale operation" to locate the last hostage in Gaza, as Washington and other mediators pressure Israel and Hamas to move into the next phase of their ceasefire. The statement came as Israel's Cabinet met to discuss the possibility of opening...

Israel: Sure, We'll Join Trump's 'Board of Peace'

Norway and Sweden join list of nays, however, amid fears Trump wants to replace UN

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he has agreed to join President Trump's Board of Peace, in a departure from an earlier stance when his office criticized the makeup of the board's committee tasked with overseeing Gaza. Norway and Sweden, meanwhile, said they wouldn't...

Trump Warns Iran Against Reviving Nuclear Program

'We'll knock the hell out of them,' president says before Netanyahu meeting

(Newser) - President Trump warned Iran against reconstituting its nuclear program Monday as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his home in Florida for wide-ranging talks. The warning comes after Trump has insisted that Tehran's nuclear capabilities were "completely and fully obliterated" by US strikes on key nuclear...

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Zelensky Is Headed to Mar-a-Lago

'A lot can be decided before the new year,' says Ukraine leader before expected Trump meeting

(Newser) - Ukraine's leader says he's about to sit down with President Trump again as talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war intensify. "We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level—with President Trump in the near future," wrote Volodymyr Zelensky on social media. "A lot...

Families, Opponents Denounce Netanyahu Plan for Oct. 7 Panel

Issue becomes focus of campaign against prime minister as election approaches

(Newser) - Israeli politics is quickly reorganizing around a new fault line: who gets to investigate the failures that led to Oct. 7. With the Gaza war paused and most hostages now back, the debate has shifted from battlefield decisions to accountability at home. Opposition parties, backed by many families of those...

Netanyahu: Australia's PM Brought This Attack On

Government didn't try to stem antisemitism, resulting in the massacre, Israeli prime minister says

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday blamed Australia's policy on Palestinian statehood for contributing to antisemitism after the mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Sydney. Gunmen opened fire at a Jewish gathering on Bondi Beach, killing at least 11 people in what Australian authorities called a targeted...

Netanyahu Makes an Official Plea for a Pardon

Israeli prime minister submits request to president in corruption case

(Newser) - President Trump asked that he be pardoned . Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has followed up with the same request himself. Netanyahu on Sunday formally appealed to Israel's president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial , per the AP . In a videotaped statement, Netanyahu said that the trial...

Security Council Approves Trump's Plan for Gaza

Proposal calls for international force to handle governing and demilitarization

(Newser) - The UN Security Council on Monday approved President Trump's peace plan for Gaza, a diplomatic victory for the US that provides a legal international mandate for rebuilding Gaza after two years of fighting. The resolution, which incorporates Trump's 20-point ceasefire proposal, passed with 13 votes in favor and...

Netanyahu: OK, We'll Investigate Oct. 7 Failures

'This is not an investigative commission, this is a cover-up commission,' says critic

(Newser) - After repeated delays, Israel's government has agreed to launch an investigation into government failures leading to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that triggered the Gaza war. But the AP reports that questions about the investigation's independence drew accusations Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying...

Before UN Vote, Netanyahu Digs In on Palestinian State

US proposal would set up international force in Gaza

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he'll oppose any attempts to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the UN Security Council is to vote on a resolution that leaves the door open to independence. Netanyahu has long ruled out Palestinian independence. But as the US...

Trump to Israel: Pardon Netanyahu Before Verdict

US president calls Bibi's corruption trial political, urges clemency by Israeli President Isaac Herzog

(Newser) - President Trump has formally asked Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who's currently on trial for corruption. In a letter made public by Herzog's office, Trump described Netanyahu's prosecution as politically motivated and unfair, while praising the latter's leadership during recent conflicts,...

After 'Frantic' Search, Ex-Israeli Military Lawyer Arrested

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is accused of leaking video showing abuse of Palestinian detainee

(Newser) - Israel has arrested Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the nation's former top military lawyer, after she admitted to leaking footage showing Israeli soldiers sexually abusing a Gaza detainee at the Sde Teiman detention center. Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned Friday as military advocate general, said she released the video to counter "...

Netanyahu Orders 'Powerful' Strikes in Gaza

Hamas says it will delay returning a hostage's body in response

(Newser) - The Israeli-Hamas truce appears to be on its shakiest ground yet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he has ordered the army to immediately carry out "powerful strikes" in Gaza, per the AP . In response, Hamas said it would delay handing over the body of a hostage. The...

Netanyahu: Returned Remains a 'Clear Violation' of Ceasefire

Israeli PM says Hamas sent back body parts of a hostage already recovered almost 2 years ago

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of another hostage who was recovered in Gaza by Israeli troops almost two years ago—an announcement that threatened to rattle the tenuous US-brokered ceasefire. Under the truce, Hamas is expected...

Vance: Israel's Vote to Annex West Bank Is an 'Insult'

Upon departing Israel, VP calls Knesset's move a 'very stupid political stunt'

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about the annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an "insult" and went against Trump administration policies. Hard-liners in the Knesset had narrowly passed a symbolic preliminary vote in support...

Vance Responds to Claims He's 'Bibisitting'

VP says Israel is not a 'toddler,' as US officials try to keep fighting at bay

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday, emphasizing that the recent wave of US visits to Israel is about safeguarding the fragile Gaza cease-fire—not micromanaging Israeli policy. "We don't want a vassal state ... We want a partnership," Vance...

US, Other Powers Try to Shore Up Peace Deal

Clashes could lead to increased American control over implementation of peace agreement

(Newser) - Israel's strikes Sunday on southern Gaza, and Hamas' fire at Israeli soldiers, set off a scramble among the US and other powers to save the peace deal. "This is a bold violation of the ceasefire ," an Israeli military official told CBS News . The Israeli government had notified...

In Speech, Trump Ad-Libs a Plea for Netanyahu

'Why don't you give him a pardon,' Trump says to Israel's president

(Newser) - President Trump didn't always stick to the script in his speech Monday to the Israeli parliament, and one of the more notable ad-libs came in regard to the long-running corruption investigation of Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • "Hey, I have an idea," Trump said, turning to Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
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Netanyahu Tells Israel 'Great Achievement' Is Near

Military stops ground offensive in Gaza but continues airstrikes

(Newser) - Israel halted its ground invasion of Gaza on Saturday, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation later in a speech that a deal with Hamas is so close that he hopes to be able to announce the release of the hostages held in Gaza soon. Significant issues remain unsettled,...

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