Two weeks after joining Israel’s attack in Iran and bombarding the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic, Donald Trump He received this Monday at the White House at the Israeli prime minister, Binyamine Netanyahu. The meeting, which had not yet occurred when writing these lines, was the third between them In 1600 of Avenida Pennsylvania since Trump returned to the presidency. It could have organized as a binding festival before the cameras, but both the arrival and the private scene They were planned as closed activities to the press. And the decision has its logic knowing the Trump’s plans and intentions.
The Republican does not want to fall asleep in the laurels of what has been achieved so far or do it Netanyahu. And Trump needs the Israeli leader to respond to his ambitions to get a High fire in Gaza To pave the way to medium and long term goals for the Middle East, especially extend Abraham’s agreements and what Saudi Arabia He joins that plan for normalization of relations with Israel of the Arab countries.
Trump’s objectives are unattainable while Israel keeps the war that opened in the strip after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. That is why the American is pressing so that Tel Aviv adds to that proposal of truce launched by Washington, which according to the draft he has seen ‘The Washington Post’ includes a 60 -day pause In hostilities, Liberation of 28 Israeli hostages (10 living and 18 corpses) and the Increase in humanitarian aid entry.
Differences persist
“I am very optimistic but, you know, change day by day,” Trump said on the prospects for conversations for the conversations for the cease-firethat It would be the third in 21 months of a conflict in which At least 57,000 Palestinians have died And a brutal humanitarian crisis. But The differences between Hamas and Israel persist: Israel demands the total surrender of Hamas, the delivery of all weapons and the exile of the territory; Hamas the total withdrawal of Israel from Palestine.
Between Trump and Netanyahu there are also other friction points. After the attack on Iran the American wants to reactivate the negotiations with Tehran about its nuclear program, and in fact Steve Witkoff, The special envoy of the Republican who is negotiating in the region, plans conversations in Oslo this weekend with Iranian Foreign Minister. Netanyahu is still suspicious of dialogue with Tehran.
Witkoff, who also plans to participate in conversations in Qatar about the high fire with Hamas, met with Netanyahu this Monday, just like the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, before the private dinner in the White House.
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