The furious row that has erupted between the White House and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week reflects US President Donald Trump’s deepening concern that Israel’s continuing military offensive against Hezbollah could derail his peace plan with Iran. While the Trump administration has invested a great deal of political capital in attempting to secure a deal with Tehran to end more than three months of hostilities, Netanyahu has shown no desire to end his brutal attack on Lebanon.

By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Ayyub and Steve HollandJERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public as being uniquely…

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Trump’s latest expletive-laced outburst at Netanyahu generated predictable predictions of rupture. The record suggests otherwise.

With Iran refusing to enter into a peace deal as long as Israel keeps hammering away at Lebanon, both Trump and Netanyahu are facing a lot of flak. And this they can ill-afford…