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19.04.26 - 06:01
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Netanyahu Left ′Personally Stunned′ By Trump Rhetoric Prohibiting Lebanon Strikes (ZeroHedge)
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Netanyahu Left 'Personally Stunned' By Trump Rhetoric Prohibiting Lebanon Strikes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle were reportedly blindsided - left "stunned" - after President Trump dropped a surprise line effectively clipping Israel's wings in Lebanon, according to Axios, citing sources familiar with the exchange.
On Friday, Trump declared the US had "prohibited" further Israeli strikes just as the administration-brokered 10-day ceasefire with Lebanon kicked in. The US President was unusually harsh in rhetoric with America's longtime #1 Mideast ally, writing on Truth Social that "enough is enough".
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The words were clearly not directed at Lebanon, or Hezbollah, but squarely at Israel and its deadly air campaign which had included intense bombing of Beirut at the South for the last week-and-a-half.
The statement set off alarms in Jerusalem, with Israeli officials scrambling for clarity from Washington. Almost e...
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18.04.26 - 02:21
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Trump Turns The Screws On Israel In Biggest Pressure Move To Reign In Bibi Yet (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Turns The Screws On Israel In Biggest Pressure Move To Reign In Bibi Yet
The Lebanon ceasefire appears to be legitimate and holding, and the biggest evidence of this is that Lebanese citizens themselves are pouring back into the war-ravaged south of the country, seeking to recover to their homes which are in some cases 'unlivable'.
"Thousands of families displaced by weeks of fighting filled the main highway to southern Lebanon on Friday in hopes of returning to their homes, as a 10-day cease-fire in Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah went into effect," writes NY Times on Friday.
via Reuters
This comes after the Rubio-mediated meeting between the Israel and Lebanon governments in Washington D.C. this week, which was a first in decades. However, Hezbollah was not represented and has rejected direct talks with Israel.
The situation and uneasy truce, which has for now seen Israel halt its bombing campaign over Lebanon (though dozens of airstrikes were reported in the ...
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17.04.26 - 11:06
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Trump: Iran Deal ′Looking Good′ & Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire | Daybreak Europe 4/17/2026 (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead.
US President Donald Trump says the US and Iran could agree to a permanent ceasefire “pretty soon” and talks may resume this weekend. The president also plans to invite Israel and Lebanon to the White House for discussions as their 10-day truce kicks off today.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg understands that some European and Gulf Arab leaders think a US-Iran peace deal will take six months to finalise.
Keir Starmer faces renewed calls to quit after revelations that his US envoy Peter Mandelson was granted security clearance despite objections from vetting officials. Bloomberg understands the UK prime minister fired the foreign office's top civil servant, Olly Robbins, over the incident.
Today's guest: Aneeka Gupta, Director of Macroeconomic Research at Wisdomtree. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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