Israeli security service sues TV channel over report of Netanyahu's UAE trip

• Left-leaning outlets covered this 11h later

All camps acknowledge that Netanyahu met the UAE president, but left-leaning coverage stresses the deepening security alliance and regional tension, center coverage reports the secret meeting as a diplomatic step to strengthen ties, and right-leaning coverage foregrounds the secrecy and the claim that the UAE warned Netanyahu of an imminent Hamas attack.

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