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Trump-Netanyahu call, restraint on Beirut strike signals 'Iranian victory,’ INSS researcher warns

"Hezbollah has suddenly recovered, and they have also created a split between Israel and the United States. This is a kind of enormous Iranian achievement,” INSS researcher Beni Sabti said.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.
IDF soldiers conducting counterterrorism operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, published May 24, 2026.

US presses Israel to avoid striking Beirut as talks with Lebanon enter second day in DC - analysis

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran.

Middle East on edge: Iran strikes Kuwait as Hezbollah defies ceasefire talks

Then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attends an October 7 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club, October 7, 2024, in Doral, Florida; illustrative.

Trump: 'I started Iran war, would be no Israel without me'


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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Trump's 'weaponization' fund is on hold, sources say

The fund emerged from a legal settlement between Trump and the Justice Department to resolve a lawsuit in which the president sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 ‌billion.

A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.

Conflicting Trump, Tehran statements leave US-Iran talks status unclear

"Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

 President Donald Trump gestures as he talks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026.

Iran is like the ‘Titanic,’ and it's time for Donald Trump to sink it - opinion

Trump needs to make it clear to Iran: Either you do what I am telling you, or Kharg Island will be wiped off the map.

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York.

Trump must break the IRGC’s empire, not refinance it - opinion

Trump has the right instinct on Iran and the wrong information about how to finish the job.

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, May 27, 2026.

Taiwan opposition leader aims to meet Trump on US trip, discuss avoiding conflict with China

Cheng, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's largest opposition party, leaves for a two-week US trip later on Monday, following on from her April visit to China, where she met President Xi.

Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's largest opposition party, speaks at party headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan April 15, 2026.

PM orders IDF attacks on Hezbollah in Beirut, but US, Iran interventions pause action

Hezbollah showers the North with drones as IDF troops take over the Beaufort Ridge outpost and Wadi al-Saluki areas beyond the Litani River.

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