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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Netanyahu on reported indirect US talks with Iran: Trump will make own decision, we are updated
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference in Jerusalem on January 27, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declines to comment directly on reports that the US is in indirect contact with Iran through Arab mediators about finding a diplomatic solution to its nuclear program.
“The US is in constant contact with us,” he says at a Jerusalem press conference. “I don’t want to determine for President Trump what he does or doesn’t do. Whether he speaks or doesn’t speak. Those are his decisions.”
“We are fully updated,” says Netanyahu.
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