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President Donald Trump’s private conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have become markedly more confrontational in recent weeks. The two longtime allies are clashing over Israel’s ongoing military operations in Lebanon and the parameters of a emerging U.S. agreement with Iran.
Trump has repeatedly pressed Netanyahu to scale back Israeli strikes, urging him in a recent call to “stop blowing up buildings” amid efforts to solidify a ceasefire with Hezbollah and prevent further escalation in the region.
Frustrated by what he sees as Netanyahu’s insistence on continued action, the president has told advisers that the Israeli leader “wants to bomb everyone,” describing him as unmanageable.
A senior administration official outlined the pattern in their discussions: “Bibi tells the president why he needs to blow something up, and why Israeli intelligence knows how to do it, and when to do it, and the president listens. The calls are usually the same.”
The friction has spilled into public view. Earlier this week, Trump criticized Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah as overly prolonged and destructive. “Netanyahu happens to be a good man, gets a little excited sometimes,” Trump told reporters.
“We have a little dispute over Lebanon. I say you can do a little softer touch, Bibi. You don’t have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it that’s from Hezbollah.”
The disputes arise as the Trump administration advances a memorandum of understanding with Tehran to extend a ceasefire and launch a 60-day negotiating window.
Israel, excluded from the talks, has rejected any constraints on its right to defend against Hezbollah and Iranian proxies. Netanyahu remains skeptical of Iranian compliance and insists on maintaining operational freedom and security zones in Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria.
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