Benjamin Netanyahu made a previously unannounced trip to the United Arab Emirates for talks with President Mohamed bin Zayed. According to Al-Monitor, the Israeli prime minister sought an Emirati denial of explosive reports that Abu Dhabi had warned Israel ahead of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack — a claim Netanyahu categorically rejects and the UAE has not publicly confirmed.
Dozens of delegates walked out as Benjamin Netanyahu took the UN podium. The Israeli prime minister responded by calling them “moral cowards,” defended Israel’s conduct in Gaza and opened new fronts with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Qatar and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. But his speech had another audience far beyond the General Assembly hall: Israeli voters, just weeks before the October 27 election.
The Israel-Turkey confrontation is entering a new phase: Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the UN podium, linked Ankara to the struggle over Syria and brought Greece and Cyprus into his argument — as a much larger contest for power takes shape across the Eastern Mediterranean.
Washington did not endorse the sanctions — but it also did not try to stop them. That unusual restraint is a clear signal of growing White House frustration with Netanyahu’s West Bank policy, especially the E1 settlement plan, which Western governments see as a direct threat to a future two-state solution.
An investigation by Haaretz for the new book Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment claims UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed personally warned Benjamin Netanyahu roughly 10 days before October 7 that Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major operation against Israel. Netanyahu’s office categorically rejects the account as an “absolute lie.”
A new Channel 12 poll gives Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar! 25 Knesset seats against 21 for Likud, while Ofer Winter’s new party reshuffles the right just two months before Israel’s election
The Israeli prime minister yields to Washington’s pressure and agrees to advance the U.S. plan for Gaza — but deep skepticism in Israel over whether Hamas will actually surrender its weapons could turn disarmament into the decisive test for the territory’s future
The growing confrontation surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has evolved far beyond the Middle East. It is becoming a defining political battlefield in Washington, where President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani—despite standing at opposite ends of the political spectrum—both appear to benefit from keeping the conflict alive rather than resolving it.
Greece has no intention of abandoning its strategic alliance with Israel. But as the war in Gaza, the West Bank crisis, strikes in Lebanon and Syria, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's broader regional strategy draw growing international criticism, Athens is carefully distancing itself from policies it cannot defend—without undermining one of its most valuable geopolitical partnerships.
The Israeli prime minister urges Washington to block the sale of F-35 fighter jets and advanced aircraft engines to Türkiye, arguing that Israel's military edge is essential to regional stability.
Analysts warn of a structural shift in relations with Europe and the US, as political choices, war optics and public opinion erode long-standing alliances.
