Trump Administration
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “just so angry, and he should be,” the U.S. president told reporters.
Officials worried the new U.S. administration will impose higher tariffs.
A scheduled meeting between U.S. and P.A. officials to discuss the latter’s counter-terror operation in Jenin has also been postponed.
The White House believes that removing Hamas from power is a bigger obstacle to a Gaza plan than is reconstruction or relocation of Gazans.
“This administration no longer has the ability to effectively govern with Eric Adams as mayor,” the speaker of the New York City Council said Monday.
“We have a joint strategy, including when and how the gates of hell will open.”
The munitions shipment “serves as further evidence of the strong alliance between Israel and the United States,” said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
“We have a shared strategy, which cannot always be detailed to the public—including when the gates of hell will open.”
“Any plan that leaves Hamas there is going to be a problem, because Israel is not going to tolerate it.”
Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the United States, said Abu Dhabi was “going to try” to find common ground with the U.S. preisdent but called the plan “difficult.”
“You can’t allow them, Hamas, to use the ceasefire to sort of rebuild itself and recover strength, the U.S. secretary of state said.
“If they don’t like Donald Trump’s plan, then it’s time for these countries in the region to step forward and offer their solution,” said the U.S. secretary of state.
