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‘BIBI NETANYAHU WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN,’ wrote the US President, offering his ‘complete and total endorsement’ to Israel’s prime minister

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Trump tells UN General Assembly he faces ‘big decision’ to ‘rebuild’ Iran or ‘annihilate’ the regime

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US Middle East policy must not be ‘subservient to Israel,’ says JD Vance

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The Netanyahu government can’t simply ignore left liberal opinion – even if it’s often shallow

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For Iran, Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ poses a greater existential threat than military action

Even if the US enforces the new sanctions only partially, the pressure may still be enough to bring about the regime's collapse. The watchwords are patience, determination, and endurance

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‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

Iranians tell the JC of their suffering after the US announced new swingeing sanctions Washington is calling an ‘economic D-Day’

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Jared Kushner: Hamas must disarm or Israel will finish the job

US Middle East envoy said Trump peace plan was ‘win-win’ for Israel

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Palestinian Hamas fighters carry their guns in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump smuggled off Air Force One in catering truck after Israeli tip-off of Iran threat to blow jet up – report

The president hid in a container and was secretly moved to another plane after the Nato summit in Turkey

By Mark Wood

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Most in the West will not get it, but Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump plan is nothing to do with left or right

After October 7, the gap between the prime minister and his two main rivals, Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, on Hamas is far narrower than many imagine. The real question is whether they would stand up to a US president when necessary

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US President Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

Trump kept Kabbalah text ‘close to his heart for protection,’ claims ex-wife

Marla Maples also recounted how she began spontaneously reciting the Shema during a life-threatening emergency in Nigeria

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Trump appoints Jewish lawyer as new White House counsel

Will Scharf will also serve as ‘assistant to the president’

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US ‘understands Bibi’s political needs’, says White House source after Israeli PM rejects Trump’s peace plan

Senior official says the US administration is ‘not troubled’ by Netanyahu’s comments

By JC Reporter

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Uganda approves troop deployment to Gaza as part of ‘stabilisation force’

Kampala said it is prepared to contribute forces to a multinational peacekeeping mission if the US-backed plan for the Strip moves forward.

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Members of Uganda's police force and the Ugandan army patrol the streets in Kampala on January 17, 2026. (Getty Images)

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Donald Trump

Vance declines to join Trump in backing Netanyahu for re-election

Israeli election 2026: Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of October 27 vote

Flydubai pilot who ‘tried to bring down plane’ was a ‘terrorist or a whackjob,’ claims Trump

Trump tells UN General Assembly he faces ‘big decision’ to ‘rebuild’ Iran or ‘annihilate’ the regime

US Middle East policy must not be ‘subservient to Israel,’ says JD Vance

The Netanyahu government can’t simply ignore left liberal opinion – even if it’s often shallow

Netanyahu just condemned settler violence – now what will he do about it?

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