Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face a defining choice between a politically motivated "war of deception" in Gaza and a deal to release all hostages while ending the war. He must choose between his extreme-right ministers—Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich—or aligning with Donald Trump.

Saudi Arabia is of key diplomatic importance to the Trump White House, especially amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

On his journey to the Gulf States, President Trump unveiled many deals and ended Syrian sanctions. But does the trip really signal a shift in US strategy toward the region?

When Donald Trump lands in Riyadh, he will be greeted with opulent ceremonies, gilded palaces and the prospect of major investments. But the war in Gaza denies him one goal he craves: Saudi-Israel normalization.

"You'll be greatly honoring me, and you'll be greatly honoring all of those people that have fought so hard for the Middle East." The post ‘You’ll Be Greatly Honoring Me’: Trump Says It’s His ‘Wish’ For Saudi Arabia to Recognize Israel first appeared on Mediaite.

President Donald Trump‘s first foreign trip of his second term is underway. The president is visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. But Trump will not be visiting Israel. The exclusion of America’s historic Middle Eastern ally from Trump’s itinerary is a marked example of Trump’s declining sympathy for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump called on Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel during a speech to the oil-rich kingdom’s leaders on Tuesday — saying “you’ll be greatly honoring me ...

Saudi Arabia, alarmed by regional instability, conveyed a message to Iran via Prince Khalid bin Salman, urging them to seriously consider Trump's offer for nuclear negotiations to avert potential conflict with Israel.

The failure to expand the Abraham Accords was a sore point. Shaw noted, “Trump went all the way to the Middle East, and one of the prizes he wanted… was to bring Saudi Arabia aboard the Abraham Accords. He failed on that.” Chodoff also observed the lack of consequences for Saudi Arabia’s refusal to do so.