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Israel's special relationship with US 'seems to have melted into a pretty bad break-up'

Jun 17, 2026
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ​Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in the fight against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, the U.S. president's latest public rebuke to his partner in the war on Iran. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains that the Israeli-American 'special relationship' "seems to have melted into a pretty bad break-up over the last few days".
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