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Donald Trump used dinner from the White House for Benjamin Netanyahu to toast the “enormous success” of her relationship despite the lack of concrete progress in permanent peace agreements with Iran and Hamas.
The Israeli Prime Minister praised Trump for “peace, as we speak in one country in one region after another”. Netanyahu reached over the table in the blue room to hand over a letter to which he wrote to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee Suggestions of the US President for the award – an award that inspires the presidents.
“It nominates for the peace price that is deserved and you should get it,” said Netanyahu to Trump. “It’s a great honor,” replied Trump.
The reunification of the two guides after their air campaigns against Tehran took over some of the tensions between Trump and Netanyahu, which flamed in advance and after the Iranian strikes.
The most important thing are Trump and Netanyahu in the questions of the future of the Middle East, including short -term prospects for one Waffe arrest in the GazaPost -war plans for the enclave and negotiations for A Long -term pact with Iran.
Trump has anchored Netanyahu for urgency with increasing urgency A ceasefire in the Gaza Between Israel and Hamas, which he hoped to win this week. When asked about a possible deal, the US President said the negotiations went well. “I don’t think there is a stop,” he said.
Then he quickly turned back to Iran and his limited retribution against the US strikes. “In the end, rockets were shot and every single rocket was shot out of the air,” said Trump.
Hamas said on Friday that it had received a “positive” reaction to a 60-day ceasefire, which contained the publication of Israeli hostages and the beginning of discussions about a permanent end of the conflict.
Netanyahu sent the negotiators to Doha on Sunday to try to complete the US deal. Trump sends Steve Witkoff, the envoy in the Middle East, to the talks.
In the meantime, Trump and Netanyahu both said that the United States and Israel were about to find other countries to reset the Palestinians from Gaza. “I think we are approaching several countries,” said Netanyahu.
“We had a big cooperation from countries around Israel,” added Trump.
When asked whether there could be a “two-state solution” with Palestine alongside Israel, Trump left the traditional support of the United States for this position. “I don’t know,” he said and agreed with Netanyahu.
“I think Palestinians should have all the powers that the government has, but none of the power should threaten us,” said Netanyahu.
The future of Tehran’s nuclear program also remained unsolved. “We planned Iran talks,” Trump told reporters. Witkoff said there would be a meeting “in the next week or something”.
The US President added that he wanted to meet Iran sanctions so that he can put together his economy again. “They are very biting sanctions. And I would like to be able to lose these sanctions at the right time and give them a chance to reconcile it,” said Trump.
