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Israel's special relationship with US 'seems to have melted into a pretty bad break-up'
🇮🇱 IsraelJun 17, 2026 18:52SRC: FRANCE 24BY: FRANCE24
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in the fight against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, the U.S. president's latest public rebuke to his partner in the war on Iran. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains that the Israeli-American 'special relationship' "seems to have melted into a pretty bad break-up over the last few days".
DETAILED REPORT
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in the fight against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, the U.S. president's latest public rebuke to his partner in the war on Iran. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains that the Israeli-American 'special relationship' "seems to have melted into a pretty bad break-up over the last few days".
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