Netanyahu told Trump Israel will remain free to act against threats, Israeli source says

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Source: Reuters

May 24, 2026 9:23 AM EDT Updated 11 hours ago


JERUSALEM, May 24 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Donald Trump Israel would remain free to act against threats in Lebanon ​during a phone call about an emerging agreement between Washington and Iran ‌on Saturday, an Israeli source said. Trump said Washington and Iran had "largely negotiated" a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a ​vital shipping passage that has been effectively closed since the U.S. ​and Israel launched their war on Iran in February.

"In last night's ⁠conversation with President Trump, the Prime Minister emphasized that Israel will maintain ​freedom of action against threats in all arenas, including Lebanon, and President Trump ​reiterated and supported this principle," the Israeli political source told Reuters on Sunday, asking not to be named. Expectations rose that a breakthrough might be imminent in the three-month-old war ​after Trump said an emerging agreement being brokered by Pakistan would reopen ​the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Fars news agency said the draft stipulates that the U.S. and ‌its ⁠allies will not attack Iran or its allies, and in return Iran pledges not to launch preemptive attacks on them.

Prominent Israeli politician Benny Gantz said it would be a strategic mistake for Israel to accept a ceasefire in ​Lebanon, which its ​troops have entered ⁠to fight the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia, as part of a deal with Iran. According to the Israeli source, the U.S. ​is updating Israel on the negotiations with Iran.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-told-trump-israel-will-remain-free-act-against-threats-israeli-source-2026-05-24/

[hlthe2b]

1. Once again, Trump is cowering to Netanyahu who will tell HIM what the US (its primary benefactor)

WILL DO and WILL NOT DO. The two of them are the biggest scourge to both of their respective countries (and the others).

[Attilatheblond]

2. Seems likely Netanyahu has a copy of the FULL Epstein files

[paleotn]

4. The Mossad isn't one of the premiere intel outfits for nothing.

Of course that Oct. 7th thing slipped right by them. An intelligence failure of biblical proportions. Still, they probably know more about Trump than Trump does. They've been spying on the US for decades.

[usonian]

7. They were busy watching Bibi's Trump-Epstein videos.

Young girl, get out of my mind.
My love for you is way out of line.

[PSPS]

6. That's his leverage

It is being described as a threat to "push the epstein button." Mossad has everything.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[paleotn]

5. Nuttyahoo. The fly in the ointment.

[moniss]

9. Netanyahu drags us in to doing his bidding, the

economic chaos results and will be felt for years to come and then he tells the US to go f*ck ourselves and he will do anything he pleases. And yet the American Congress will welcome him again and give him accolades, billions of dollars and unlimited access to weapons.

[BarbD]

10. Israel is now busy preparing for the imminent threats.

Threats that will definitely turn into reality at Bibi's convenience.