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The delegation is to hold discussions on continuing the Gaza ceasefire • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff held a “positive and friendly” meeting in Washington, D.C.
“South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people very badly,” said the U.S. president.
The one major similarity between the two visits: Both granted the opportunity to make Israel’s embattled prime minister even stronger.
“I have no guarantees that the peace is going to hold,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to the White House.
The Israeli premier was scheduled to meet with the president’s special envoy to the region Steve Witkoff ahead of his visit to the White House.
Abdullah is one of the first foreign leaders to receive an invite to the White House since Trump returned for his second term on Jan. 20.
More than half of respondents would oppose a Palestinian state even if it were part of a Saudi-Israel peace deal.
Among a laundry list of thorny issues the two leaders will discuss, one priority is clear: to demonstrate that there is no longer any daylight between Israel and America on Middle East policy.
Mass emigration of both Hamas operatives and “uninvolved population,” is a genuine cornerstone of American regional strategy.
The U.S. president’s proposal could “threaten the region’s stability, risk expanding the conflict, and undermine prospects for peace and coexistence among its peoples,” said the Palestinian Authority and several Arab countries in a joint statement.
Key topics of discussion will be the future of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and the strategies to counter the Iranian threat.
“President Trump’s peace through strength is delivering for Americans,” stated Sen. Joni Ernst. “Now, we must bring all our citizens home.”
