Relations between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appear to have hit a new low, with sources close to Trump confirming to Yisrael Hayom that the president has grown deeply frustrated with his Israeli counterpart.
What began as quiet tension has escalated into open diplomatic coldness. Just days after reports surfaced of Netanyahu’s dissatisfaction with Trump’s handling of regional affairs, insiders from Trump’s inner circle now reveal that the feeling is mutual — and intensifying. According to two senior figures who spoke in closed-door discussions reported by Yisrael Hayom, Trump has “run out of patience” and has resolved to forge ahead with his Middle East agenda without waiting for Israel to fall in line.
At the heart of the fallout is the stalled progress on normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia — a diplomatic prize both leaders once championed. Trump reportedly blames Netanyahu for dragging his feet, particularly on decisions critical to Saudi participation, including a public commitment toward a future Palestinian state. According to sources, Israel’s delay, driven by internal political resistance and widespread public opposition to a two-state solution, has pushed Trump to the breaking point.
Behind the scenes, Israeli Minister Ron Dermer has spent countless hours attempting to wordsmith an Israeli stance palatable to both domestic audiences and foreign allies. But those efforts, it seems, have not been enough to convince Washington — or to keep Israel in the loop. Most notably, Israel was left entirely out of recent ceasefire talks with the Houthis. After Trump announced the agreement, Israeli officials were reportedly unable to obtain any updates from the White House for a full 24 hours — a stark departure from the usual coordination between the two allies.
Adding fuel to the fire, Trump is reportedly livid over what he perceives as a behind-the-scenes effort by Netanyahu’s team to pressure former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz into military action against Iran. Waltz has since been removed from his post. Although Netanyahu claimed he spoke to Waltz only once, the explanation fell flat with Trump, further souring an already deteriorating relationship.
As the American president prepares for a major regional tour next week — pointedly excluding a stop in Israel — Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz have begun signaling a stark new message: Israel may soon need to stand alone.
“The rule I have established is that Israel will defend itself by its own forces,” Netanyahu declared, when asked whether Israel can confront the Houthi threat without U.S. support. Defense Minister Katz echoed this Thursday morning, saying, “This was true facing many challenges in the past, and will also be true in the future.”
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If Israel continues public violation of shabbos,running toeiva parades in all its major cities,allowing pork stores,allowing tattoo shops etc then your best friends will turn on you. The land will vomit you out as it states in this weeks parsha.
Well that didn’t take long.
That’s what happens when we worship and believe in a sociopath loose canon.
A true erratic flip flop fellow Is sitting in the white house. He might one day declare war on Israel. I’m wondering who will win that war….
Is this surprising? It’s called “America First”, not “Israel First”.
הֶן־עָם֙ לְבָדָ֣ד יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יִתְחַשָּֽׁב
Nothing new under the sun; when American interests do NOT align with the Israeli ones, Trump will move to his needs , period;
Focus better in the only ONE we can truly trust
We only worship and believe in Hashem. Still better than Biden and his puppet masters who constantly undermined Israel.
Fake news.
Easily predictable by example of Zelensky and Ukraine. What’s going to be with the gaza Riviera?!
As we all know לב מלכים ביד ה׳ Evenwhen Esther was In the palace it wasn’t it wasn’t certain she could help. And when she did go she said daven for me. We must daven, daven, and daven and NEVER become complacent.
@Heimisha guy; you missed out the most important one: Drafting Bnei Torah!
When Israel acts in adversarial behavior towards HaShem and His Torah observers, HaShem will send His שליח to harm you. He sent His sly fox who resides part time at 1600 Penn Avenue and part time in the Everglades at Mar-a-lago.
Don’t you see the connection?
1) On a simple level, without knowing Hashem’s ways, this is a very necessary step towards the Geulah. Our nation has to feel that only Hashem can help us. So Hashem puts in Trump’s mind that it’s his duty to care more about getting the Saudi $$$ then some security demand by Israel – even if that view is shared by over 80% of Jews in the Jewish state.
To some of us it’s seems like bad news, but little do we know how much התעוררות לתשובה this can bring in Israeli society.
Frum Jews will lose faith in Hashem before they ever lose faith in the GOP.
The only question is when is Pope Donald 1 going to trash Israel. Looks like sooner rather than later. Who cares about a few million Jews anyway?
No surprise. Salesmen use whatever language they need to make the sale.
Fandango; Secular Jews such as yourself lost faith in Hashem and have still not lost faith in the Democrat party regardless of all the rabid anti semites taking it over and the feckless Jewish Democrats like Schumer and his ilk.
Chuck Schumer does more for Israel and Jews than you will ever know. Democrats defend Israel and the civil rights of American Jews. You’re stuck in a propaganda spiral.
unlike barack hussein obama, donald trump isn’t likely to sell israel out to the fakestinians. and unlike joe biden, he hasn’t blocked crucial arms shipments to twist israel’s arm. yet. but if he manages to get the saudis to recognize israel, he will have, once again, done the impossible. and i don’t even like the guy.
This is why avos wrote about not trusting the government perfect example
It’s obvious that juicy tax refunds can distort some people’s reality.