November 26, 2025 – Israel Headlines

Story gist: Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed expanding the Abraham Accords. Reports indicate the talks were strained amid tensions over the 2018 Khashoggi killing.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The New Yorker frame the story positively for MBS, emphasizing his rehabilitation in Washington. Center outlets like FactCheck.org focus on Trump’s factual disagreement with CIA assessment on Khashoggi. Right-leaning outlets like The Jerusalem Post highlight strains in the Trump-MBS talks on Abraham Accords, noting diplomatic tensions without broader context.

Story gist: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met separately with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief Zamir. The meetings aimed to defuse a public feud between them.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Haaretz frames the story as smear campaigns by Netanyahu’s family and Katz against the IDF Chief, emphasizing attacks on military leadership. Center outlet Times of Israel neutrally reports Netanyahu’s defusal meetings. Right-leaning Israel Hayom highlights Netanyahu considering Katz’s removal, shifting focus to accountability for the Defense Minister.

Story gist: Officials from Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar met in Cairo to discuss the second phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal, according to a Turkish source.

Bias summary: No left-leaning outlets covered the story, omitting progressive perspectives on Gaza diplomacy. Center outlet Reuters neutrally frames it as discussions on the ceasefire’s second phase citing a Turkish source. Right-leaning Anadolu Ajansı emphasizes Türkiye’s intelligence chief leading the meeting in Cairo, broadening focus to Gaza talks without specifying the ceasefire phase.

Story gist: Israel’s forensic institute received remains of a hostage for identification, the government said. The Israeli military stated the Red Cross received another set of remains from Gaza militants.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Haaretz emphasizes Israeli government statement and ‘hostage’s remains’ received by forensic institute. Center PBS highlights military report on Red Cross obtaining ‘another set of remains’ from ‘Gaza militants.’ Right-leaning outlets absent, missing potential focus on hostage tragedy, Israeli victimhood, or stronger condemnation of militants.

Story gist: Trump is moving to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups. The action cites links to Hamas.

Bias summary: Left-leaning NYT frames the story neutrally as Trump ‘moving toward labeling parts,’ emphasizing specificity of ‘parts.’ Center Bloomberg uses procedural tone with ‘takes step toward terrorism label.’ Right-leaning WSJ, in an opinion piece, positively frames as Trump ‘takes on’ the Muslim Brotherhood, highlighting confrontational action against the group.