Day: May 26, 2026

US president urges Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to normalize ties with Israel; Saudi source says not without ‘irreversible pathway’ to Palestinian state By Nava Freiberg Followand ToI Staff25 May 2026, 5:36 pm US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House , May 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) US President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that six Muslim-majority countries join the Abraham Accords normalization agreements with Israel ahead of any deal between the US and Iran to end the war, negotiations on which he said were “proceeding nicely.” The remarks were the second time in as many days that …

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 May 26, 2026 Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP) Russia, China, Turkey, and Pakistan are reportedly being discussed as possible transfer destinations. By World Israel News Staff A proposed “face-saving” deal regarding Iran’s stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium could allow both the United States and Iran to claim victory, with Tehran potentially transferring the material to countries such as Russia, China, Turkey, or Pakistan before it is eventually handed over to the U.S., according to a new report. A source with direct knowledge of the discussions told the New York Post that Iran is currently …

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Rubio insists deal still possible after strikes but is ‘a few days’ away from completion; Trump: Tehran must hand over enriched uranium or destroy it with international witnesses By ToI Staff, Nava Freiberg and AgenciesToday, 9:25 am Illustrative: A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft takes off for a mission during Operation Epic Fury, March 9, 2026. (US Air Force) US forces attacked missile sites in southern Iran and boats trying to lay mines on Monday, US Central Command said, as top Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha for talks to end the war. “US forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to …

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Trump’s Iran gamble is a doctrine of pressure, pragmatism and power – and the stakes are high. Opinion. Fern Sidman Published: May 26, 2026, 9:59 AM (GMT+3) דונלד טראמפצילום: White House Photo by Daniel Torok For months, the political class, the cable-news establishment, foreign policy ideologues, and self-anointed geopolitical “experts” have saturated the public sphere with a cacophony of speculation surrounding the possibility of a new United States-Iran agreement. Predictably, much of the commentary has been driven less by sober strategic analysis and more by reflexive partisanship, ideological rigidity, and political opportunism. Yet beneath the noise, beneath the endless panels and …

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 May 26, 2026 Israel’s prime minister reportedly has confided to his inner circle that he can do little to influence President Trump’s policies regarding Iran. By World Israel News Staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has privately acknowledged that Israel has little leverage over President Donald Trump’s handling of negotiations with Iran, even as Jerusalem presses Washington to preserve Israel’s freedom to strike in Lebanon and insist on dismantling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, Reuters reported Monday. The assessment, described to Reuters by two Israeli officials familiar with Netanyahu’s private conversations, reflects a widening gap between Israel’s war aims and the Trump administration’s immediate priority: …

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