A gruesome Gaza war and a volatile region reshaped in the shadow of Donald Trump
Prime Minister Netanyahu spent 2025 turning Israel into a pariah state and thwarting U.S. President Trump's dream deals in the Middle East. Could 2026 be the year Netanyahu surrenders to Trump's new world order, or even loses an election to the broad coalition hoping to unseat him?
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Prime Minister Netanyahu spent 2025 turning Israel into a pariah state and thwarting U.S. President Trump's dream deals in the Middle East. Could 2026 be the year Netanyahu surrenders to Trump's new world order, or even loses an election to the broad coalition hoping to unseat him?
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11:42 PM • December 29 2025 IST
On its way to the United States on Sunday, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit with Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago, the prime minister's plane "Wing of Zion" took a longer-than-usual route to avoid the airspace of countries where he might face arrest.
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