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Israel, Lebanon resume negotiations in DC, US strikes Iranian military control site

Kuwait diverts flights following Iranian attacks on airport • Home Front Command considers easing restrictions • Trump denies reports that US-Iran talks have stalled

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IDF shares footage of operation in Beaufort Ridge, May 31, 2026.
Yechiel Leiter (far L), Israeli Ambassador to the US, and Nada Hamadeh (far R), Lebanese Ambassador to the US, attend a meeting hosted by the United States at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2026. Leading the US delegation are Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Needham (C)

Israel-Lebanon talks resume, Hezbollah keeps fighting in violation of agreement with Trump - report

“Our logic is to contain the fighting in Lebanon and not make it an issue in negotiations,” a US administration source said.

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US President Donald Trump listens to members of his Cabinet speak during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Trump denies reports that US-Iran talks have stalled

Iran's IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported on Monday that the Islamic regime had called for talks with the US to cease over Israeli military action in Lebanon.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.

Israeli source rejects report Trump insulted Netanyahu during heated call on Lebanon strikes

The source said the disagreement focused on public messaging after the call, as Washington sought to prevent escalation in Lebanon amid US-Iran negotiations.

|ByIDAN KWELLER, DANYA SAPERSTEIN

US pushing Oman to break ties with Iran, sees neutrality as threat - report

The report comes less than a week after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it joined Iran's planned tolling of the Strait of Hormuz.

JUNE 2, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The flags of Oman and Iran fly along a highway in Muscat during the visit of the Iranian president on May 27, 2025.

Khamenei is increasingly engaged in Iranian gov., Tehran still has drone arsenal, Rubio says

Rubio added that the Trump administration has not offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for opening the Strait of Hormuz, with any relief being conditional on nuclear agreements.

JUNE 2, 2026ByREUTERS
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing conerning the fiscal year 2027 budget for the State Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2026.

Has the security equation in Europe changed? - opinion

The United States is staying in Europe but refusing to live up to past expectations or terms. The relationship is moving from a near-absolute, unconditional guarantee to a conditional partnership.

JUNE 2, 2026BySALEM ALKETBI
US Army Brig. Gen. Curtis King, commanding general of 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command speaks with Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, April 30 in Ansbach, Germany.

Trump, Netanyahu call halts Beirut strike as Barnea calls to topple Iran’s regime

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JUNE 2, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
A PLACARD sends a clear message featuring US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as protesters gather near the UN office during US-Iran nuclear talks, in Geneva, Feb. 17.

Trump's Iran negotiations walk him into a $300 b. extortion scheme by the IRGC - opinion

Terrorism is a business. Bombing Iran is significant, but bankrupting Iran is even more significant.

JUNE 2, 2026ByMIKE EVANS
People walk past an anti-U.S. billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2026.

Israel, Lebanon resume negotiations in DC, US strikes Iranian military control site

Home Front Command considers easing restrictions • Merz urges Israeli restraint in Lebanon, Hezbollah disarmament • Two IDF troops lightly wounded

JUNE 2, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
OPERATIONS CONDUCTED by troops from the 401st Brigade in southern Lebanon.

Forcing the IDF to leave Lebanon is a betrayal of Israel's citizens - editorial

The ceasefire is dead. Israel should stop pretending otherwise before more Israelis pay the price for this diplomatic fiction.

JUNE 2, 2026ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli soldiers operate at Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, in this handout image released on May 31, 2026.

Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie team up to strip US-Israel military tech cooperation from defense bill

Khanna, and Massie both said over the weekend that they would seek to remove a provision from the House’s annual defense bill that would expand US-Israeli defense technology cooperation.

JUNE 2, 2026ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna conduct a news conference after reviewing unredacted portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files, outside a Department of Justice office in NoMa on Feb. 9, 2026.

Netanyahu’s coalition criticizes cancellation of Lebanon strikes after Trump’s intervention

“This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump - ‘no’,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stated.

JUNE 2, 2026ByKESHET NEEV, DANYA SAPERSTEIN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.

'You're f***ing crazy': Trump berates Netanyahu in tense call over Beirut strikes - report

One source summarized part of Trump’s comments as “everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this,” said the report by Axios.

JUNE 2, 2026ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
US President Donald Trump listens to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026.