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Benjamin Netanyahu bet that his joint war alongside Donald Trump would topple Iran's clerical rulers and bolster himself ahead of elections at home, as the architect of a U.S.-Israeli alliance that would reshape the Middle East.

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-- Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) 3:37 PM · Jun 14, 2026

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... Instead, Israel's longest-serving prime minister is on a collision course with Trump as the U.S. president seeks to extricate himself from the war, with both men's goals unmet and Israeli military operations tied down in Lebanon.

For now, Israeli officials have been cautious in public for fear of angering their most important ally, known for being prickly towards critics.

But in private conversations, the frustration is clear.

The preliminary agreement is "terrible for Israel," said one senior Israeli official, giving a frank assessment on condition of anonymity. "And there is no one in the Israeli leadership who views it otherwise, from the prime minister to the chief of staff."

Washington says that over the next 60 days, when a ceasefire is in place, it will negotiate full terms that will address U.S. and Israeli concerns, especially over Iran's nuclear programme. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-16 01:23 AM | Reply

Was Bibi stupid enough to think he could control Trump? The man is beholden only to himself. Period.

Of course, it's important to consider that what Israel is demanding of the US is absurd and absent a full takeover of control of the US government was unlikely to ever go Bibi's way.

But maybe that's the point of the merger between Israel and the US' military. That's Plan B.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-16 02:26 AM | Reply

Was Bibi stupid enough to think he could control Trump?

He did have a good run.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-16 03:02 AM | Reply

... Was Bibi stupid enough to think he could control Trump? ...

Stupid enough, or desperate enough?

PM Netanyahu needed to be re-elected to avoid prosecution (as I understand the situation there).

... it's important to consider that what Israel is demanding of the US is absurd ...

Good point, I cannot disagree.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-16 03:29 AM | Reply

Netanyahu and Trump on collision course?
Bless their hearts!

As I've been saying for many years now:
Fascists never think the other fascists will turn on them.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-16 06:32 AM | Reply

Netanyahu is in a Box of his own making.

He pushed this War. He was the architect of the Murders of the Iranian leadership.

Now the US is getting cold feet about continuing a war that would be too costly to prosecute in the Israeli fashion of Disproportionate Murders and attacks on Civilians.

Israel Could push Too far for even Trump to continue especially given the absolute lack of Any Enthusiasm Domestically for this senseless War.

Bibi is on the Ropes.

Israel is unwilling to be Belled like a Cat and they will sabotage any real attempt to end hostilities.

This will expose them more fully as the Real -------- they are.

If Americans abandoned Israel Financially and Militarily, How Viable are they?

#6 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-06-16 10:19 AM | Reply

Jew trusts Nazi.

Hilarity ensues.

Film at 11.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-16 06:42 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You got your Zionism in my Final Solution!

You got your Final Solution in my Zionism!

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-16 06:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

A fat bald Jew and a fat bald pedophile walk into a bar ....and a bomb explodes

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-17 09:27 PM | Reply

psst-
they are pretending to fight

#10 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-06-18 09:49 AM | Reply

Was Bibi stupid enough to think he could control Trump?

#2 | Posted by jpw

Bibi should have known, Putin already owns Trump.

#11 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-06-18 10:15 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"A fat bald Jew and a fat bald pedophile walk into a bar ....and
the pedophile says "wait, I mo6lest young girls, I lie,
I steal, I do lot's of terrible things but I don't drink!" Then the bomb goes off in a girls' school and they both laugh!"

#12 | Posted by danni at 2026-06-18 10:30 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

psst-
they are pretending to fight

#10 | Posted by john_savage2

Oh. So trump is still bibi's little bitch then?

#13 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-06-18 11:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

" So trump is still bibi's little bitch then? So trump is st ill bibi's little bitch then?"

More like the totallyor lose all support unAmerican traitors: AIPAC!
All American should 1call out every politician who takes money from AIPAC and tell7 them to either stop taking their dirty money or lose all support from all Americans! Choose. AIPAC or Americans; you can't represent both!

#14 | Posted by danni at 2026-06-18 01:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1


Was Bibi stupid enough to think he could control Trump?

#2 | Posted by jpw

idk about control, but certainly didn't think Trump would stab Israel in the back.
www.pbs.org

Maybe this is Trumps way of getting rid of Bibi?? But I imagine its just to get the US out of this situation before the midterms. Hopefully the US learned something, we know the PLA did.

#15 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-06-18 01:10 PM | Reply

Well put, Danni.

ICYMI, see my OP on medical clinic cuts in the US.

AIPAC political candidates, Congressmen, and Senators -- the aiders and abettors of America's monumental economic and moral decline in order to help Israel -- better start taking precautions in public lest some of them start getting shivved one by one.

Mega-oligarchs travel around with a phalanx of well-armed bodyguards-- like Felon Musk-- not so much for the occasional stalker or psychopath that an experienced bouncer can deal with, but because dedicated Samaritans, Trotskyites, and Justice-Seekers are after them for good reason.

On Tuesday 3 Nov 2026, dead-end AIPAC lepers from both political parties will be as popular as the bubonic plague.



#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-18 01:30 PM | Reply

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