Some reports have cast this disconnect as indicative of a chasm between Trump and Israel. But this is a misreading. The divide is not between the president and Israel so much as between the president and Israel’s leader. Most Israelis support what Trump is doing—and oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza.

The dynamics are shifting in the Middle East under a U.S. president who sees the world through a financial lens.

As President Donald Trump sets out for the Middle East in the first international trip of his second administration, signs of disagreements have emerged between the U.S. leader and one of the men who most enthusiastically welcomed his return to office.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron. In a post on his office's X account on Wednesday, Netanyahu said "Macron is once again demanding that Israel surrender and reward terrorism.

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly ramps up the war in Gaza, despite mounting pressure from Trump and castigation by France's president.

Israel must respect international law in its military operation in Gaza, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave increasingly "dramatic and unjustifiable".

In addition, people who evade doing either type of service should not be given the right to vote in national elections, Liberman said.He cited as precedent the fact that prisoners in the US do not have voting rights,

The US president is making a slew of deals, decisions and alliances central to the daily well-being and geostrategic future of a marginalized Israel. Gaza could be next The post Hailing Syria, arming Saudis,