On Monday, US President Donald Trump is to meet Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and marks his second White House meetings since Trump returned to office, as stated by AP.
The visit, confirmed by the White House and the Netanyahua office on Saturday, comes when Israel moves the soldiers to the new security corridor throughout Gaza to put pressure on the militant group Hamas. Netanyahu’s Defense Minister announced plans for Israel to entertain large areas of Gaza and incorporate them into the specified security zones.
Last month, Israel broke the ceasefire with surprising bombing in Gaza after trying to push Hamas to accept the proposed new conditions for a ceasefire, a step supported by the White House. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed since then.
Israel has committed himself to escalate the war in Gaza until Hamas returns the remaining hostages seized in October 7, 2023, an attack that caused war, disarmed and left the territory. Israel also stopped all food, fuel and humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza.
Netanyahu’s office on the social media announced that he and Trump are ready to discuss several topics, including “the problem of tariffs, efforts to ensure the release of hostages, Israeli relations, Iranian threats and the fight against the International Criminal Court”. Israel is currently facing 17% of the tariff.
Netanyahu is sought by a court for alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza, although the US is not a member of the court.
In February, Netanyahu was the first foreign leader to be invited to the White House during Trump’s second term. Their discussion focused on the conflict of Israel and Hamas and the subsequent steps after the ceasefire agreement.
At a joint press conference, Trump then proposed a surprising proposal that the displacement of the Palestinians in Gaza was permanently relocated outside the territory and that the United States took over “ownership” in the reconstruction of the area to the “Middle East” Riviera. The Palestinians protested against the abandonment of their homeland and a group of Arab nations and the rights criticized this idea sharply.
This February meeting gave Netanyahu a chance to remind the world of Trump’s administration for Israel, defend the behavior of war and avert from political pressures back home.
On Saturday, the relatives of the hostages held in Gaza asked Trump to “use all their power to pressure on Netanyah to end this war and bring our hostages back.”
“We address President Trump: Netanyahu is lying when he says that military pressure will bring storage back. The only way to return all the kidnapped is to end war and return them all in one fall,” said IFat Calderon, Aunt’s hostage, Calleron, Tel Aviv, Israel.
This week, the police arrested two of the close associates of Netanyahua to accusation of receiving money from Qatar to support the favorable image of the Arab nation in Israel. Qatar, who plays a key role as a mediator for Hamas in negotiations with Israel, denies any support for a militant group. Netanyahu rejected these accusations as unfounded.
Moreover, the Prime Minister faces a long -term corruption court and often claims that a “deep state” will be attached to him.
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