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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands amid debris outside the Soroka Hospital after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran, Beersheba, Israel, June 19, 2025.

Analysis

مدفوعةً بدعم ترامب والاحتجاجات، ترى إسرائيل فرصةً ضد النظام الإيراني

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An Israeli soldier rides in the army Merkava main battle tank at a position in northern Israel along the border with southern Lebanon, Nov. 6, 2025, when Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.

Analysis

بدعم من ترامب، تمنح إسرائيل لبنان فرصة أخيرة قبل مهاجمة حزب الله

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Analysis

التهديدات الإيرانية، والمجاملات، والفجوات التي لم تُحل: ما قدمه ترامب لنتنياهو فعلاً في مارالاغو

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Analysis

يعمل نتنياهو على تعزيز علاقات إسرائيل مع اليونان وقبرص قبيل محادثات ترامب

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Analysis

هل يستطيع نتنياهو إقناع ترامب بالموافقة على توجيه ضربة لبرنامج الصواريخ الإيراني؟

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT - OCTOBER 13: U.S. President Donald Trump and President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi clasp hands as they speak to the press before their meeting on October 13, 2025 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. President Trump is in Egypt to meet with European and Middle Eastern leaders in what’s being billed as an international peace summit, following the start of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Analysis

كيف تنازل نتنياهو لترامب، ووافق على صفقة الغاز المصرية بقيمة 35 مليار دولار

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with US special envoy Tom Barrack, Jerusalem, Dec. 15 2

Analysis

يختبر باراك، مبعوث ترامب إلى سوريا، صبر إسرائيل في ظلّ ردّ نتنياهو.

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (L) talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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في خضم حملة الضغط التي يشنها نتنياهو لمنع تركيا والسعودية من الحصول على طائرات إف-35

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US President Donald Trump (L) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House, Washington, Sept. 29, 2025.

Analysis

الخلافات حول حماس وتركيا وإيران تخيم على قمة نتنياهو وترامب

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An Israeli military tank patrols along the border fence separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on November 24, 2025. Hezbollah held the funeral on November 24 for its top military chief and other members of the militant group a day after Israel killed them in a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

المحادثات المباشرة بين لبنان وإسرائيل توقف العملية ضد حزب الله - ولكن إلى متى؟

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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 13: U.S. President Donald Trump (2R) is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. President Trump is visiting the country hours after Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Analysis

صفقة ترامب: العفو عن نتنياهو مقابل اتفاق أمني بين إسرائيل وسوريا؟

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In this handout by the Israeli Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) looks on as military chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz (R) adjusts the epaulettes of Brig. Gen. Eyal Zamir for his swearing in as military secretary, Tel Aviv, Nov. 26, 2012.

Analysis

نتنياهو يسعى لإقالة رئيس أركان الجيش الإسرائيلي وسط صراع على الهوية الديمقراطية لإسرائيل

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