Days after his challenging speech at the United Nations rejects the demands to end the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to call for the most important supporter.
But Monday’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington comes in a weak moment. Israel is increasingly isolated, and has lost support from many countries that have been long and steadfast allies. At home, the Netanyahu Governor’s alliance appears more fragile than ever. The White House shows signs of patience.
The question now is whether Trump, who gave steady support to Netanyahu throughout the war, will change his accent and put pressure on Israel to finally penetrate the conflict.
President Donald Trump speaks to the left, as Prime Minister in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to leave the western wing of the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington.
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On Sunday’s publication on social media, the president said: “We have a real opportunity for greatness in the Middle East. All on board for something special, for the first time ever. We will accomplish it !!!”
Trump and Netanyahu are scheduled to meet at the Oval Office, and it is later expected as a joint press conference.
Professor Eitan Gilboa, an expert on US -Israeli relations at Bar Ilan and Raymanman universities, said that the uncertainty surrounding the meeting casts him as “one of the most relations that take years between the two leaders.
“Netanyahu may have to choose between Trump and members of his alliance,” said Gilboo.
Oded ailaam, a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, agreed that Trump is likely to demand a permanent ceasefire, leaving Netanyahu with a few options. Netanyahu has repeatedly pledged to continue the attack until Hamas was destroyed.
Israel can seek to include “red lines”
Alam said that if Trump pressed, it is possible that the Israeli leader will seek to include “red lines” in any deal. Alam said he might demand the dismantling of Hamas. He said that Netanyahu had set a condition that if the armed group resumes fighting or returns to power, the Israeli army will have the right to work freely in Gaza.
Trump joined Netanyahu during the short Israel war with Iran in June, which ordered us to surreptitiously hit three nuclear sites, support the Israeli leader during the trial of corruption, and described the case as “a charming chase.”
But the relationship has become more tense recently. Trump was frustrated by Israel’s failed strike this month against Hamas officials in Qatar, an American ally in the region who was hosting negotiations to end the war in Gaza.
The recent comments glimpsed the increasing patience of Washington. Last week, Trump pledged to prevent Israel from annexing the West Bank – an idea promoted by some ruling partners in the network. The international community opposes the annexation, saying that it will destroy the hopes of the two -state solution.
Michael Duran, an older colleague at the Hudson Institute, rejected the idea that Trump’s comments about the West Bank were a sign of friction. He said that the statements allowed Netanyahu to resist pressure from the right -wing members of his government.
“This was a smart step by Trump,” Duran said. “Simultaneously showed a response to Arab and Muslim allies with the help of Netanyahu.”
On Friday, Trump has sparked meeting with Netanyahu, and informed journalists in the White House park that the United States was “very close to a deal on Gaza.”
Trump made similar statements in the past without anything to show it, and it is not clear whether this time it will be different.
The proposal does not include expelling the Palestinians
Trump’s proposal to stop the war in Gaza call for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages within 48 hours and a gradual withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the Palestinian enclave, according to three Arab officials in the plan. They spoke on the condition that his identity is not disclosed because the plan was not officially disclosed.
It is believed that Hamas holds 48 hostages, 20 of whom believe Israel is still alive. The armed group called for Israel to completely end the war and withdraw from both Gaza as part of any permanent ceasefire.
Trump discussed the plan with Arab and Islamic leaders in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. It does not include the expulsion of the Palestinians from Gaza, which Trump appeared in support earlier this year.
The officials who were informed of the plan said that the 21 -point proposal also calls for the end of Hamas rule in Gaza in addition to the disarmament of the armed group, the officials who were briefed on the plan said. Israel will issue hundreds of Palestinians, including many sentences for life, according to the proposal.
They said that the plan also includes the creation of an international security force to assume law enforcement in Gaza after the war.
They said that the Palestinian Committee for Technology will supervise the civil affairs of the tape, as the authority was subsequently handed over to a Palestinian authority. Netanyahu rejected any role of power, the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinians, in Gaza after the war.
Hamas official said that the group was launched in the plan, but it has not yet received an official offer from Egyptian and Qatari brokers. The group has repeatedly refused to put the weapons and connect its weapons to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
Netanyahu admitted the United States plan on Sunday in an interview with Fox News, saying that Israeli officials “are working with President Trump’s team … and I hope we can make it.”
In his speech on Friday at the United Nations, Netanyahu praised Trump several times, describing him as a key partner “he understands better than any other leader facing Israel and America a common threat.”
Israel has lost a lot of goodwill in the world
But regardless of the American leadership, Israel has lost many international intentions that could be dependent on.
In a special session of the United Nations Security Council last week, the nation crossed after the nation expressed its terror in the 2023 attack by the Hamas militants who killed about 1,200 people in Israel, and saw 251 hostages and the war. Then many actors went to criticize Israel’s response and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the flow of aid.
Israel’s sweeping attack killed more than 66,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is part of the Hamas administration. Its numbers are seen as reliable appreciation by the United Nations and many independent experts. The fighting has resulted in the displacement of 90 % of the population of Gaza, with an increasing number of starvation now.
In recent weeks, 28 western alignment countries have been going on behind Israel two years ago called for the end of the attack in Gaza. They also criticized Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid, which contributed to famine in parts of Gaza.
Ten countries – including Britain, France, Canada and Australia – recognized the Palestinian state last week, in the hope of reviving the long peace process. Many Arab countries, including some with long -term relations with Israel, have accused the genocide in Gaza, as well as pioneering genocide, United Nations experts and some Israeli and international rights groups. The highest United Nations court weighs the allegations of genocide raised by South Africa severely denied by Israel.
Aaron David Miller, who served as a consultant on Middle East issues for democratic and republican administrations, said there are many issues that have not been resolved to believe that the end of the conflict is close.
“The more it is done on how we are in the final stages, the more skeptical,” he said.
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