President Donald Trump repeatedly swore at his war ally in a heated phone showdown. Trump lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Monday after demanding Israel agree to a ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public as being uniquely adept in dealing with Donald Trump, capable of winning and sustaining the U.S. president's backing.

The US and Israel have always been close but their relationship is being put to the test over strategic differences, different domestic pressures and conflicting egos

WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged having called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crazy in an expletive-filled phone exchange over fighting ‌in Lebanon while the U.S. was trying to negotiate an end to ‌hostilities with Iran.

Netanyahu downplayed the dispute, saying he and Trump were on the same page when it came to tackling Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

At the end of a brief and subdued Pentagon press conference on the Iran war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut off a reporter from Zero Hedge for suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu will “pull” Donald Trump back into ...

Nonetheless, Netanyahu appeared to take a shot of his own on Monday, with Israel launching strikes against a petrochemical plant in southern Iran — its first strikes inside the country since the ceasefire.

Netanyahu acknowledges pause in fighting in TV speech but vows forceful response to future attacks