Netanyahu's "fear of Trump is greater than his fear of his extreme right-wing coalition partners," Israeli expert told Newsweek.

President-elect Donald Trump praised the new Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage exchange deal that his special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to

Tense' Jerusalem sit-down led to breakthrough in talks, with Israel and Hamas agreeing in principle to hostage deal two days later; sides now finalizing implementation details

The once and future President is back to wielding leverage like a club, in the Middle East and on Capitol Hill.

Netanyahu ‘is nothing if not obsessive, and he's still trying to get us to fight Iran this day, this week,’ Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs says in lecture - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel wants to annex the occupied West Bank and further weaken Iran, but Trump's other priorities may hold those back

For the first time in U.S. history, foreign leaders are invited to an inauguration. Most are right-wing politicians, though a few notables didn’t make the cut.

Israeli officials signaled that a deal is fairly close, with Israel and Hamas very close to being "within the zone of agreement."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday to thank them for helping to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza,

British geopolitical analyst H.A. Hellyer agreed in a series of posts to X, saying that Netanyahu is unlikely to follow through on the promised stages of the ceasefire following a hostage exchange, noting that Trump is unlikely to pressure the prime minister to do so.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden after a landmark ceasefire a