Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu as Gaza ceasefire talks continue

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Donald Trump used the White House dinner of Benjamin Netanyahu to the “massive success” elites of their relationship, although there is no concrete progress in permanent peace deals with Iran and Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister praised Trump for “peace fraud, and we are talking, in one country, in one region after another.” Netanyahu arrived at the table in the blue room to deliver a letter he wrote to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, which proposes the American president for the award – the president’s award.

Netanyahu told Trump: “She nominates the peace award, which she deserves well, and you must get it,” Netanyahu told Trump. Trump replied, “It is a great honor.”

The two leaders were reunited after their air campaign against Tehran saves some tensions between Trump and Netanyahu, which erupted during the periods and effects of Iranian strikes.

More importantly, Trump and Netanyahu have not reached any major breakthroughs about the questions surrounding the future of the Middle East, including prospects for the near -term ceasefire in Gaza, planning after the war of pocket and negotiations for a long -term agreement with Iran.

Trump was pushing Netanyahu to increase urgency due to a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which he hoped to get “this week”. When asked about a possible deal, the US president said the negotiations were going well. “I don’t think there is a comment,” he said.

Then he quickly returned to discussing Iran and its limited revenge on the American strikes. “In the end, the missiles were shot and every missile was shot,” Trump said.

Hamas said on Friday that it had given a “positive” ceasefire response for 60 days, including the release of Israeli hostages and the beginning of the talks at a permanent end of the conflict.

On Sunday, Netanyahu sent negotiations to Doha to try to finish the touches on the deal in the United States. Trump sends the Middle East envoy Steve Witkev to join the talks.

Meanwhile, Trump and Netanyahu said that the United States and Israel were about to find other countries to resettle the Palestinians displaced from Gaza. “I think we are getting close to finding many countries,” Netanyahu said.

Trump added: “We have suffered great cooperation from the countries surrounding Israel,” Trump added.

But when asked if there could be a “two -state solution” with Palestine as an independent state alongside Israel, Trump left the traditional American support for this position. “I don’t know,” he said, punishing the question on Netanyahu.

Netanyahu said: “I think the Palestinians should have all the powers that the government received, but none of the authority should threaten us,” Netanyahu said.

The future of the Tehran nuclear program remained without a solution. “We have identified Iran’s talks,” Trump told reporters. Wittakov said that there will be a meeting “next week or so.”

The US President added that he would be keen to give Iran Iran so that he can start re -assemble its economy. “They are very strong penalties,” Trump said.