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Netanyahu said to talk to Rubio about Iran protests, Syria, Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone Saturday morning with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, The New York Times reports, citing three unnamed sources. They are said to have discussed the major anti-regime protests in Iran, the situation in Syria, and efforts for a peace deal in Gaza. The report also says US President Donald Trump is “seriously considering” authorizing a strike on Iran amid an internet blackout imposed by the Islamic Republic and reports of a brutal, deadly crackdown on demonstrators. .(Times of Israel; 1.11.26) READMORE>>>>>

Netanyahu reportedly asks Putin to assure Iran of no Israeli attack plans
Israel’s public broadcaster said on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pass a reassurance message to Iran, saying that Israel does not intend to attack it, out of concern over a possible pre-emptive strike by Tehran. The official broadcaster, citing unnamed diplomatic sources, said Netanyahu requested that Putin deliver messages to Iran to reassure it that Israel has no plans to launch an attack. It added that these messages were recently passed to Iran, including through phone calls between Netanyahu and Putin, amid fears that Tehran might strike Israel to prevent a possible Israeli attack.
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Netanyahu can’t escape responsibility for Oct. 7
For decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has branded himself as one of, if not the ultimate authority on terrorism. His reputation as “Mr. Security” propelled him to become the country’s longest-serving prime minister. That résumé makes one conclusion unavoidable: He bears the ultimate responsibility for the catastrophe of Oct. 7. And from the moment the scale of the failure became clear, he has done everything possible to evade accountability. Despite Netanyahu’s relentless efforts to block an independent commission of inquiry, a devastating picture has emerged of warnings ignored and failures dismissed. The latest revelations come from an Israel Hayom investigation based on months of interviews with senior sources who insisted Israel received clear warnings from Egypt in the two weeks before Oct. 7 that Gaza was on the verge of a major explosion. Two Israeli political sources said a senior Egyptian official warned the National Security Council that “something big” was coming. Given standard reporting procedures, sources argue that it is inconceivable that such warnings were not passed on to the prime minister. (JNS; 1.1.26) READMORE>>>>>

Netanyahu to meet President Trump on December 29 amid muted tensions over Gaza, West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump in the United States on December 29, as the two countries mull different visions for the next steps towards implementing the US 20-point plan for Gaza. It will be Netanyahu’s fifth visit to meet Trump in the US since the start of the year and comes after the prime minister said he expected the second phase of the US-sponsored ceasefire plan for Gaza to begin soon.“The meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu will take place Monday, December 29,” Shosh Bedrosian, spokeswoman for the prime minister’s office, said. Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu and Trump were expected to meet twice during an eight-day visit to the United States by the Israeli prime minister. (Arab Weekly; 12.12.25)READMORE>>>>>

October 6, 2025: Grand Pinnacle Tribune reported: But the 2025 list is also marked by loss. Ranked second is Charlie Kirk, the late founder of Turning Point USA and a prominent conservative activist, who was shot and killed in September during an event at Utah Valley University. Kirk’s posthumous recognition, the IAF said, honors “a vocal and passionate supporter of Israel” whose advocacy inspired a new generation of pro-Israel activists. As reported by Breitbart News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Kirk “a lion-hearted friend of Israel who fought for Judeo-Christian values.”

November 1, 2025: Times of Israel reported: When Benjamin Netanyahu met with Donald Trump in February, the Israeli prime minister’s first meeting with the president in his second term, he made clear that he hoped the days of “daylight” between the two countries were gone. “When Israel and the United States don’t work together, that creates problems,” Netanyahu said then. “When the other side sees daylight between us — and occasionally, in the last few years, to put it mildly, they saw daylight – then it’s more difficult.” The dig was at US President Joe Biden and the differences the Democrat and Netanyahu had over Israel’s conduct of its war with Hamas in Gaza.

November 16, 2025: Politico reported: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the U.N. Security Council planned to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution on Gaza that leaves the door open to Palestinian independence. Netanyahu has long asserted that creating a Palestinian state would reward Hamas and eventually lead to an even larger Hamas-run state on Israel’s borders. But as the U.S. attempts to push forward with its Gaza ceasefire proposal, he faces heavy international pressure to show flexibility. The Security Council is expected to vote on a U.S. proposal for a U.N. mandate that would establish an international stabilization force in Gaza despite opposition from Russia, China and some Arab countries.

November 17, 2025: Associated Press reported: Israeli settlers on Monday rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, torching homes and cars in the latest in a string of settler attacks in recent weeks. The violence drew a rare condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top leaders. Israel’s military said soldiers and police were sent to al-Jab’a, a small village southwest of Bethlehem, after reports of fires and vandalism. The attack came hours after clashes between Israeli security forces and settlers defending an unauthorized outpost on a nearby hill facing evacuation and demolition on Monday, according to COGAT, the Israeli military body that deals with civilians in the West Bank. Israeli police said earlier that six suspects were arrested in confrontations during the demolitions, where dozens of Israeli settlers were entrenched and hundreds rioted, throwing stones and metal bars and burning tires.