President Donald Trump heads to the Middle East for peace deals and business negotiations, even as tensions allegedly rise with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The poll also found that only a fraction of American Jewish voters believe Trump's campus crackdown reduced antisemitism.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would normally celebrate a hostage release such as that taking place on Monday, though in this case the deal with Hamas is another sign US President Donald Trump is starting to make decisions without him.

The White House has called Trump’s visit a “historic return to the Middle East” but Israel is once again not on the itinerary.

Trump cuts ties with Netanyahu over concerns of manipulation, Israeli media reports. According to Israeli Army Radio, the U.S. president stopped direct contact after being told by close aides that Netanyahu was trying to play him.

U.S. President Donald Trump is on a Gulf tour that is adding to Israel's worries about its strongest ally: the U.S. has negotiated the release of an American hostage with Hamas, and a ceasefire with the Houthis,

Netanyahu was blindsided — and infuriated — this past week by Trump’s announcement that the U.S. was halting its military campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen after the Houthis agreed to stop firing on U.S. ships in the Red Sea, according to one of the U.S. officials and the two Middle East diplomats.

What the US deal with Hamas says about Trump’s spat with Netanyahu - ANALYSIS: The release of the last American held captive in Gaza, brokered directly between the US and Hamas, comes amid swirling ru

U.S. President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to invest in the United States after the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a tour of Gulf States.