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Trump, Netanyahu to meet at White House in high-stakes talks on Iran, Gaza plan
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday in a visit expected to center on Iran, as Washington weighs diplomacy against the threat of military action and Israel pushes to shape the scope of negotiations.
Trump has signaled the Iranian file will dominate the agenda. In a phone interview with Axios, the president said Tehran «very much wants to reach a deal,» but warned, «Either we make a deal, or we’ll have to do something very tough — like last time.»
Netanyahu, speaking before departing Israel for Washington, said he intends to present Israel’s position. «I will present to the president our concept regarding the principles of the negotiations — the essential principles that are important not only to Israel but to anyone who wants peace and security in the Middle East,» he told reporters.
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US President Donald Trump (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) upon arrival at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
The meeting comes days after U.S. and Iranian officials resumed talks in Oman for the first time since last summer’s 12-day war, while the United States continues to maintain a significant military presence in the Gulf — a posture widely viewed as both deterrence and for holding leverage in negotiations with Tehran.
From the U.S. perspective, Iran is seen as a global security challenge rather than a regional one, according to Jacob Olidort, chief research officer and director of American security at the America First Policy Institute. «It’s an important historic time of potentially seismic proportions,» he told Fox News Digital.
«Iran is not so much a Middle East issue. It’s a global issue affecting U.S. interests around the world,» he added, calling the regime «probably the world’s oldest global terror network… [with] thousands of Americans killed through proxies.»
Olidort said the administration’s strategy appears to combine diplomacy with visible military pressure. «The president has been clear… should talks not be successful, the military option cannot be off the table,» he said. «Military assets in the region serve as part of the negotiation strategy with Iran.»
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on Jan. 9, 2026. (MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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For Israel, the main concern is not only Iran’s nuclear program but also its ballistic missile arsenal and regional network of armed groups.
Trump indicated to Axios that the United States shares at least part of that view, saying any agreement would need to address not only nuclear issues but also Iran’s ballistic missiles.
Israeli intelligence expert Sima Shein has warned that negotiations narrowly focused on nuclear restrictions could leave Israel exposed. «The visit signals a lack of confidence that American envoys, Witkoff and Kushner, alone can represent Israel’s interests in the best way. They were in Israel just a week ago — but Netanyahu wants to speak directly with Trump, so there is no ambiguity about Israel’s position,» she added.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei makes first public appearance in weeks with fresh U.S. threats. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader Credit/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Shein says Iran may be stalling diplomatically to see whether Washington limits talks to nuclear issues while avoiding missile constraints. Her analysis further suggests that a sanctions-relief agreement that leaves Iran’s broader capabilities intact could stabilize the regime at a moment of internal pressure while preserving its military leverage.
«An agreement now would effectively save the regime at a time when it has no real solutions to its internal problems. Lifting sanctions through a deal would give it breathing room and help stabilize it,» she said.
«If there is an agreement, the United States must demand the release of all detainees and insist on humanitarian measures, including medical support for those who have been severely injured. Washington would need to be directly involved in enforcing those provisions.»
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Troops from the Givati Brigade, under the command of the 162nd Division, are operating in the area of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip as part of Operation «Gideon’s Chariots». (IDF Spokesman’s Unit)
Netanyahu said before leaving Israel that he and Trump would discuss «a series of topics,» including Gaza, where a U.S.-backed postwar framework and ceasefire implementation remain stalled.
According to Israeli reporting, Netanyahu plans to tell Trump that phase two of the Gaza peace plan «is not moving,» reflecting continued disputes over disarmament, governance and security arrangements.
The timing of Netanyahu’s visit may also allow him to avoid returning to Washington the following week for the inaugural session of the Board of Peace, Shein said, noting the initiative is controversial in Israel’s parliament.
Hamas terrorists stand in formation as Palestinians gather on a street to watch the handover of three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Feb. 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
«Israel is deeply concerned about the presence of Turkey and Qatar on the board of peace and their malign influence on other members as well as on the Palestinian authority’s technocratic government,» Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital.
«Hamas’s control of Gaza has not weakened, while international commitments to disarm Hamas have appeared to weaken,» he added, «The longer the U.S. waits before taking action against the Iranian regime, the more compromised Israel is in its ability and determination to forcibly disarm Hamas, both of which require the sanction and the blessing of the new international structures on Gaza.»
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«The prime minister’s deep concern is the stalled state of affairs both against the Iranian regime and apparently in Gaza. Timing is critical on both fronts. And for Israel, the window seems to be closing,» Diker said.
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Pritzker joins chorus of Dem governors boycotting White House dinner after snub ignites ‘chaos’
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A chorus of Democratic governors are rallying behind their fellow Democratic Governors Jared Polis, from Colorado, and Wes Moore, from Maryland, after they did not receive invites for a traditionally bipartisan White House dinner.
Illinois Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker was among those who decided they would be boycotting the slate of events hosted at the White House for the National Governors Association’s annual winter gathering held Feb. 19-21.
«No way will I attend the White House dinner with this President,» Gov. Pritzker said Tuesday. «I’m standing with Gov. Wes Moore and Gov. Jared Polis — and standing against Trump’s corruption and hatred. And I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to do the same.»
The boycott is being led by the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and its vice chair, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Other Democratic Party governors who have committed to the boycott include California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. A coalition of 18 governors signed a statement Tuesday slamming President Donald Trump for creating «chaos and division» by snubbing the state leaders.
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Democratic Party Governors Wes More (left), from Maryland, and Jared Polis (right), from Colorado. (Getty Images)
The White House reportedly decided to divert from the traditional path of inviting both Republican and Democratic governors to the events being held at the White House. Although a White House official also reportedly told Politico that «many Democrats were invited to dinner at the White House» while others were not.
The move not to invite all Democrat governors to the winter gathering comes after President Trump got into a public spat with Democrat Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, at a bipartisan «Governors Working Session» last year in February over transgender sports participation. The heated back-and-forth was televised on national stations for all to see and led to the pair exchanging barbs for the subsequent weeks over the matter and over the state’s unwillingness to follow federal orders, such as those related to transgender sports participation.
When reached for comment on the matter, a White House spokesperson referred Fox News Digital to press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s comments Tuesday on the matter from the White House briefing room, during which she defended President Trump’s decision to not invite the Democratic Party governors.
«I just spoke with the president about this. It is a dinner at the White House. It’s the people’s house. It’s also the president’s home, and so he can invite whomever he wants to dinners and events here at the White House,» Leavitt told reporters from the White House briefing room Tuesday.
Reporters raise their hands to ask a question as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
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She added that Gov. Moore had been invited the previous year, but never ended up coming. «Nobody reported on it. But, again, the president has the discretion to invite whomever he wants to the White House, and he welcomes all those who received an invitation to come and if they don’t want to that’s their loss.»
During an appearance on CNN’s «State of the Union,» Moore suggested his lack of an invite was due to race, telling the show it was «not lost» on him that he is the only black governor in the country and the president was trying to deny him attendance at an organization’s event that Moore said his fellow Democrat governors have said they would like to see him lead. Moore also pointed to the fact he led a delegation of governors to the White House several weeks ago.
President Donald Trump (left) and Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore (right) (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
In a statement, Brandon Tatum, CEO of the National Governors Association, said he was «disappointed in the administration’s decision.»
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who is the chairman of the NGA, said in a Monday letter to fellow governors that the association was «no longer serving as the facilitator» for the upcoming event, according to The Associated Press. Stitt said the NGA was meant to represent all governors — those of the 50 states as well as the governors of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Fox News Digital’s Rachel Wolf and Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
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Los therians llegaron a Uruguay y un centenar se reunió en Montevideo: “Desde chico me identifico como mono”
Uruguay se sumó a la tendencia de los nuevos personajes conocidos como therians. Son personas que aseguran sentirse animales y adoptan comportamientos en la vida cotidiana. En la tarde del martes, cientos de ellos se dieron cita en Montevideo y colmaron la Plaza Independencia con máscaras de animales que cubrían sus rostros y otros accesorios.
Un centenar de jóvenes, en su mayoría adolescentes, se encontraron en ese punto céntrico de la capital uruguaya, de acuerdo a la crónica del noticiero Telemundo de Canal 12. La idea en Uruguay surgió de una joven llamada Manuela, que vio la tendencia internacional y decidió replicarla en Uruguay. En un video de Tik Tok planteó su curiosidad, propuso reunirse y su posteo se viralizó. Y el encuentro se hizo realidad.
Francesca, una joven que participó del encuentro, contó que su familia se tomó “bastante bien” la decisión porque no es “muy prejuiciosa”. “Yo soy un humano normal, me comporto como humano. Es espiritualmente que yo me siento conectada”.
“En mi caso me identifico solo con el mono. Desde chico siempre me gustó estar abajo de los árboles, comer banana, caminar de esta forma”, relató otro de ellos en la televisión uruguaya.
Uno de los jóvenes detalló que no están todo el tiempo vestidos de esa manera porque se haría imposible la vida en sociedad. Entonces, es una vestimenta que queda para los ratos libres. Aclaró, sin embargo, que no pueden replicar todas las conductas: “No podemos c… en la calle, por ejemplo, ni tener sexo en la calle como haría un gorila salvaje”.
Otra de las jóvenes relató que es un “politherian”: “Es un therian que tiene más de un theritipo, por lo que me identifico con más de un animal. Ser therian no se puede elegir porque es una conexión. He visto muchos therians que dicen: ‘Uh, me gusta ser therian, voy a serlo’. Si querés hacerlo está bien, pero no es lo recomendado”, señaló la adolescente.
“El término therian es sentir una conexión con el animal. Sentís que pertenecés a esa vida”, señaló.
Algunos de los participantes señalaron que durante la mayor parte del día se comportan como seres humanos normales.
Consultada en Telemundo, otra adolescente contó que “desde siempre” fue una therian. “Empecé sintiéndome sola, haciéndome máscaras. Las intentaba vender, pero nadie me las compraba. Nadie sabía lo que era. Entonces, en un momento descubrí lo que era la comunidad therian y ahí empecé a juntarme más, a conocer gente, incluso a enseñar a gente a saltar y caminar. Ahí empezó todo”, describió.
La joven luego remarcó: “¡Los therians no están locos! Los therians sienten alguna conexión con un animal”.
Enzo, uno de los therian que estaba en la juntada, relató a Canal 5 que hay distintas categorías de therian. Una de ellas se denomina “otra pata” y consiste simplemente en utilizar la máscara, la cola y los guantes. Ellos, según el joven, siguen una “moda” y utilizan la máscara por “estética”.
Otro segundo nivel se llama “otro corazón”, pensado para quienes se identifican “espiritualmente” con un animal. El tercer nivel es propiamente ser un therian, para quienes se identifican completamente. Puede ser porque la persona siente que “en otra vida” fue un animal, relató el joven.
“En mi caso, me identifico como un perro. Un perro así nomás. ¿Por qué? Porque considero que tengo la personalidad de un perro. Soy muy leal, muy fiel”, comentó.
Muchos llegaron hasta la Plaza Independencia solo por curiosidad y observaron cómo los jóvenes saltaban y exhibían otras destrezas que los identificaba con un animal.
El senador opositor Sebastián Da Silva se sumó a la tendencia. En la red social X bromeó en una repuesta a un usuario: “Me hice therian así cambiás un poco la obsesión”.
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