When he sat next to President Trump on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Israel had a smile on his face, which he rarely had during the last administration. And why not? He got most of everything he came to Washington.
Put off the president Longer’s idea of American takeover of Gaza. Mr. Trump explained that he did not intend to push Mr. Netanyahu as President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Occasionally since the Israeli leader returned to power in 2022.
In fact, the mere presence of Mr. Netanyah in the White House was a sign of how much it has changed. Mr. Biden hosted the Prime Minister in the executive headquarters only last July, more than 18 months until the last term of Mr. Netanyahu and six months before the end of his own. Mr. Trump, on the other hand, made Mr. Netanyahu the first foreign leader to invite from his own return to power more than two weeks ago.
During their meeting, Mr. Trump indicated that he was not trying to prevent Israel from continuing the war against Hamas or at the expense of a temporary ceasefire, now in force. Just before Mr. Netanyah’s arrival in the White House on Tuesday, Mr. Trump signed an order to restore “maximum pressure“About Iran and later, with the Israeli leader at his side, he again prevented Tehran from preventing a nuclear weapon from getting.
Mr. Trump also recommended mediation of diplomatic convergence between Israel and Saudi Arabia, potentially inheritance for Mr. Netanyahu, while abandoning any support to the Palestinian state, something the Prime Minister refused despite the pressure of Saudis and others. He also has canceled sanctions Mr. Biden deposited the violent settlers of the West Bank and is ready to release weapons held by the former president.
“All Hoopl in the US who took over the gaza made us miss the real story of the meeting,” said Aaron David Miller, a long -time negotiator of the Middle East in Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Bibi leaves the White House among the happiest people on the planet.” If any daylight between Israel and the US ever had to be demonstrated, it was so. ”
Mr. Netanyahu mentioned Tension with Mr. Biden During his meeting with Mr. Trump. Despite his strong support for Israel in half a century in public life and especially after October 7, 2023, the Hamas terrorist attack, which killed 1200 people, Mr. Biden regularly pushed the Israeli leader to avoid civil victims in Gaza, alleviate the humanitarian crisis and end the war . Mr. Netanyahu resisted and explained on Tuesday how happy Mr. Biden was gone.
“When Israel and the United States cooperate – and President Trump and I work together, you know – chances of success are rising a lot,” Mr. Netanyahu said in an oval office. “It’s when we don’t work, Israel and the United States do not work, causing problems.” When the other side sees daylight between us – and sometimes in the last few years, to put it mildly, they saw daylight – then it is more difficult. ”
At another point, Mr. Netanyahu was asked who deserves more recognition The ceasefire agreement reached last monthMr. Biden or Mr. Trump. Mr. Biden first put an agreement on the table on the table and his team spent months negotiating all the details, but Mr. Trump’s pressure at the end forced the negotiator to finally check out.
In response to the question Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden’s “powerful leadership” appreciated Mr. Biden.
The duet sung by two leaders recorded through the crack that developed during the last year of Mr. Trump’s first period when he became the assumption of Mr. Netanyahu, and broke out when the Israeli leader congratulated Mr. Biden to win 2020.
However, there were still several disagreements. It was somewhat unbelievable to listen to Mr. Trump repeatedly to lament all the “death and destruction” caused by the Palestinian people in Gaza while sitting next to the Prime Minister, who gave orders for a war that killed 47,000 people, killed 47,000 people. 47,000 people killed 47,000 people in Gaza’s health. organs.
These two also gave different assessments of Iranian power. Mr. Netanyahu boasted all he did in the last 16 months to damage Iran and his proxy Hamas and Hezbollah. “The Iranian terror axis has never been weaker,” he said.
However, this does not correspond to the story Mr. Trump pushed. He claimed that Mr. Biden was too soft in Iran, which became increasingly strong in this version over the past four years. “They’re not weak,” Mr. Trump insisted. “They are very strong right now.”
Yet these differences did not largely remain in the middle of bonhomy. Two leaders, both of whom faced criminal proceedings who both re -captured the office after being defeated, enjoyed their renewed alignment and did everything in their power to avoid any daylight.
