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Al Jazeera
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
What is Israel's real plan for post-war Gaza?
Israel's Netanyahu discusses Gaza ceasefire in third meeting with Trump at the White House this year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump meet again. Their third meeting this year is taking place as ceasefire talks are ongoing in Doha. list of 3 items list 1 of 3 list 2 of 3 list 3 of 3 end of list While the official talks are being held privately, what has openly been discussed are post-war plans for Gaza, which appear to include forcibly displacing Palestinians. And Netanyahu is nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. What are Israel and the United States hoping to do with Gaza? How does this affect a possible ceasefire? And what were Netanyahu's political ambitions for this visit? Presenter: James Bays Guests: Curt Mills, executive director at The American Conservative magazine. Yossi Mekelberg, senior consulting fellow at Chatham House. Xavier Abu Eid, political analyst and former adviser to the chief negotiator of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Al Arabiya
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Netanyahu in DC for Trump meeting amid US optimism for Gaza ceasefire
In this episode of The Dailies, Rawia Alami takes a look at important news stories, reports, analysis, and articles published in newspapers and media outlets across the world. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington DC and his meeting with US President Donald Trump took key focus across newspapers, as Gaza cease-fire negotiations continue in Doha with American optimism that a deal might be reached soon. Other headlines, like trade talks amid the July 9 deadline to reimpose American tariffs, received attention from global media outlets. The tragic aftermath of the Texas flash floods was also widely discussed as authorities continue their search for dozens of missing Texans.
Irish Times
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Trump and Netanyahu to meet in private, away from the press, in talks over Gaza ceasefire
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is due to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, while Israeli officials hold indirect talks with Hamas aimed at reaching a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal. Mr Trump said on Sunday there was a good chance such a deal could be reached this week. The right-wing Israeli leader said he believed his discussions with Mr Trump would help advance talks under way in Qatar between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. It will be Mr Netanyahu's third White House visit since Mr Trump returned to office in January, and follows the US president's decision last month to bomb Iranian nuclear sites in support of Israeli air strikes. Mr Trump then helped broker a ceasefire in the 12-day Israel-Iran war. The US president and his top aides appeared to be trying to seize on any momentum created by the weakening of Iran, which backs Hamas, to push both sides for a breakthrough in the 21-month Gaza war. Mr Netanyahu, who arrived overnight in Washington, was scheduled to meet Mr Trump's Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday in preparation for his talks with the president. The two leaders were due to have a private dinner, listed by the White House as closed to the press, instead of formal talks in the Oval Office where Mr Trump has usually hosted Mr Netanyahu and other visiting dignitaries. It was not immediately clear why Mr Trump was taking a lower-key approach with Mr Netanyahu this time. Israel is hoping that the outcome of its conflict with Iran will also pave the way for new diplomatic opportunities in the region. Avi Dichter, an Israeli minister and a member of Mr Netanyahu's security cabinet, said he expected Mr Trump's meeting with the Israeli leader would go beyond Gaza to include the possibility of normalising ties with Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia. 'I think it will first of all be focused on a term we have often used but now has real meaning; a new Middle East,' he told Israel's public broadcaster Kan on Monday. Ahead of the visit, Mr Netanyahu told reporters he would thank Mr Trump for the US air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, and said Israeli negotiators were driving for a deal on Gaza in Doha, Qatar's capital. Israel and Hamas were set to hold a second day of indirect talks in Qatar on Monday. An Israeli official described the atmosphere so far at the Gaza talks, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, as positive. Palestinian officials said that initial meetings on Sunday had ended inconclusively. A second Israeli official said the issue of humanitarian aid had been discussed in Qatar, without providing further details. The U.S.-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire envisages a phased release of hostages, Israeli troop withdrawals from parts of Gaza and discussions on ending the war entirely. Hamas has long demanded a final end to the war before it would free remaining hostages; Israel has insisted it would not agree to halt fighting until all hostages are free and Hamas dismantled. Mr Trump told reporters on Friday it was good that Hamas said it had responded in 'a positive spirit' to a US-brokered 60-day Gaza ceasefire proposal, and noted that a deal could be reached this week. Some of Mr Netanyahu's hardline coalition partners oppose ending the fighting but, with Israelis having become increasingly weary of the 21-month-old war, his government is expected to back a ceasefire. A ceasefire at the start of this year ended in March, and talks to revive it have so far been fruitless. Meanwhile, Israel has intensified its military campaign in Gaza and sharply restricted food distribution. 'God willing, a truce would take place,' Mohammed Al Sawalheh, a 30-year-old Palestinian displaced from Jabalia in northern Gaza, told Reuters on Sunday after an Israeli air strike overnight. 'We cannot see a truce while people are dying. We want a truce that would stop this bloodshed.' The Gaza war erupted when Hamas attacked southern Israel in October 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Some 50 hostages remain in Gaza, with 20 believed to be alive. Israel's retaliatory war in Gaza has killed over 57,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave's health ministry. Most of Gaza's population has been displaced by the war and nearly half a million people are facing famine within months, according to United Nations estimates. Mr Trump has been strongly supportive of Mr Netanyahu, even wading into domestic Israeli politics last month by lashing out at prosecutors over a corruption trial against the Israeli leader on bribery, fraud and breach-of-trust charges Mr Netanyahu denies. Mr Trump, who has faced his own legal troubles, argued last week that the judicial process would interfere with Mr Netanyahu's ability to conduct talks with Hamas and Iran. Mr Trump said he expected to discuss Iran and its nuclear ambitions with Mr Netanyahu, lauding the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as a tremendous success. On Friday, he told reporters that he believed Tehran's nuclear program had been set back permanently, although Iran could restart efforts elsewhere. Trump insisted on Friday that he would not allow Tehran to resume its nuclear program, and said Tehran wanted to meet with him. Iran has always denied seeking a nuclear weapon. (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2025
CNA
07-07-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Trump and Netanyahu to meet at the White House for talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington for talks with US President Donald Trump. It will be their third meeting this year and the first since the war between Israel and Iran. It also comes as indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas continue in Doha. Trent Murray reports from Tel Aviv.
Bloomberg
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Netanyahu Is Set to Meet Trump at White House on July 7
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 7, according to Israeli and US officials, as the administration urges its ally to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas. The officials asked not to be identified discussing details that haven't been publicly announced. Earlier Monday, the White House said it was working on a date for the meeting. The meeting date was previously reported by Axios.
