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Report: Trump and Netanyahu Clash Sharply Over Iran; Israeli PM’s Office Denies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call over the weekend on the Iran issue that was unusually difficult and acrimonious, with one source describing it as “a hellish argument,” Israeli media reported on the 11th, citing unnamed sources. Netanyahu’s office denied reports that the two leaders had a fierce quarrel.

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The denial from Netanyahu's office matters as much as the reported clash: when a leader's own team rushes to knock down a story sourced to unnamed Israeli media, the market signal is uncertainty about how aligned Washington and Jerusalem remain on Iran. For anyone pricing Middle East risk into energy or broader macro positioning, the operative question is not whether the call was heated, but whether the public contradiction signals a genuine policy gap or merely damage control. Watch whether either government addresses the call on the record, and whether further anonymous briefings follow — that, not the initial report, will indicate how real the friction is.

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