Like two musicians in the first president, with various interpretations of the same symphony, US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were not always on the same page.
But music was completely harmonious at the White House dinner on Monday night between the two leaders-the third visit of the Prime Minister to Washington in six months of Mr. Trump’s second term.
The President and the Prime Minister sparked praise for each other – Mr. Netanyahu, relying on the compliment event with Mr. Trump, until his host presented a copy of his message to his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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While the two leaders made efforts to emphasize their cooperation, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu offer various visions of Gaza and Iran. However, the White House dinner presented Monday night a harmonious board.
“We have achieved tremendous success together,” said Mr. Trump, in reference to the joint bombing campaign last month on Iranian nuclear facilities, where Mr. Netanyahu received before a private dinner. “I think it will only continue to be more success in the future.”
This does not mean that the two leaders are completely harmonious, as some regional and national security analysts say.
Take Iran. Since the United States joined Israel in its air war, which aims to destroy the Iranian nuclear program, Mr. Netanyahu wanted to seize the moment of Tehran’s weakness in going to change the regime. Mr. Trump is not much, and he is promoting the window for a “permanent deal” with Iranian leaders.
On Gaza, President Trump has been subjected to several months of peace agreement for the pocket of the Palestinian, consistent and hungry, based on the same model, which begins with the stops of Israel-for a period of 60 days of shooting at the hostage prison. This first step will pave the way for the long -term governance agreement in Gaza, and to pick up regional partners. But for largely local political reasons, Mr. Netanyahu preferred to follow the war – in order to intensify -.
But others say that despite some flat notes, Mr. Trump has largely shown – as he did again on Monday night – that he took a braid from his support for Israel.
“We have seen some moments, especially early, which I suggested that these two leaders may not have been very aligned, but recently what has been confirmed again is that the United States and Israel are actually working closely on what Trump sees is American interests now in the Middle East in Quincy.
“Unfortunately, I don’t think Trump is ready to pressure Netanyahu in any way on anything,” she says.
No Gaza penetration
Mr. Trump suggested last week that he is expected to be able to announce the Gaza deal on Monday. But although both Israel and Hamas reported “positive” steps in Doha talks during the weekend, there was no penetration. Hamas, which seeks to preserve its remaining forces in Gaza, wants some guarantee that the deal will lead to the end of the war. Israel, which is still holding on its goal of removing Hamas from Gaza, is seeking to reserve the right to re -launch the fight as it sees it necessary.
Mr. Trump has turned into saying that he expects a ceasefire this week.
The president and the prime minister are still likely to celebrate approval, because Mr. Netanyahu is planning to stay in Washington until Thursday. After the meeting of Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday morning, he was scheduled to meet with Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson after that, and he was expected to return to the White House later this afternoon to attend another meeting with the president.
Mr. Netanyahu’s support and behavior of the war in Gaza is more smooth among Republican members of Congress. This strong support extends to Israel’s risky decision to produce Iranian nuclear sites and other major locations of the Iranian army.
The Israeli leader is likely to hear music for his ears from some Republicans who now believe that it is not the time to deal with Iran, as Mr. Trump emphasized again on Monday, but to move forward in changing the regime.
In the pre -white comment, former National Security Adviser, Trump, John Bolton, Iran’s hawks, said that unlike Mr. Trump, Mr. Netanyahu realizes that weakening the Iranian regime is not good enough. “Israel is seeking to change the regime in Iran,” at the beginning, through “measures to encourage the local opposition to move to Ayatollah.”
Indeed, when he was asked Monday about the search for regime change in Iran, Mr. Netanyahu said, “I think it is up to the people of Iran.”
What is the vision of Gaza?
Mr. Netanyahu revealed another point of imbalance with Mr. Trump in his comments at the White House on Monday about the issue of the mass transition to the inhabitants of Gaza, which numbered two million Palestinians.
“President Trump has a wonderful vision, which is called free,” said Mr. Netanyahu on the issue of transition. “If people want to stay, they can stay,” he said. Or they can choose to move to a different country, adding that Israel and the United States are “approaching” to secure agreements with many ready countries to recover the displaced Palestinians.
But at the same time in Israel, officials are discussing a plan to fight the pocket residents by force with what Defense Minister Israel Katz calls “a human city” to be built on the ruins of Rafah.
Mr. Netanyahu said that he nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize based on his vision to secure peace in the Middle East through the Abraham agreements, which advanced normalization relations between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors.
The Israeli leader said that the agreements are expected to be a model for further progress in regional relations. According to what was reported, Israel’s relations with Syria were in the dinner discussion list, while the normalization of relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains the distinguished grand prize.
But Mr. Netanyahu also dealt with the issue of a Palestinian state in the future – for many, and the final key to the wide regional peace – where it seems unlikely to sit well with many Arab leaders, including the Saudis.
Saying that the Palestinians had a state, “the state of Hamas in Gaza, and they looked at what they did,” the Israeli leader said that his country would only accept peace that depends on a new state “our security – the security of the sovereign authority – is still in our hands.”
He added: “Acknowledging that others will object to this” is not a complete case, it is not a state “,” We do not care … that will not happen again. “