Trump told the news portal “Axios” about his efforts: “Everyone has come together to achieve an agreement, but we still have to bring it under the roof.” The cooperation with the Arab countries was “fantastic”.
He assumes that Hamas will agree with them that it has great respect for the Arab world. “The Arab world wants peace, Israel wants peace and Bibi wants to peace.” If a deal succeeds, the US President believes that not only Israel will benefit. “It will be the first chance for real peace in the Middle East. But we have to make it first,” quotes him “Axios”.
According to US Vice President JD Vance, negotiations are currently taking place between representatives of Arab countries, Israel and the US government. For the US side, the special envoy Steve Witkoff and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would lead the talks, Vance told Fox News. Vance was optimistic, but emphasized that negotiations could fail at the last minute.
Ultrar rights coalition partner and settler representative increased the pressure on the Israeli head of government before the meeting. They urged Netanyahu to annex parts of the occupied West Bank and not to end the war in the Gaza Strip without ending Hamas’ military defeat, the “Times of Israel” reported.
Trump has been hoping for a breakthrough in the negotiations on the end of the Gaza war for days. He also emphasized that he would not allow Israel to incorporate the West Bank. The Palestinians claim the area as part of a future independent state. Several important western countries had recently recognized a Palestinian state.
Hamas called on the Israeli army on Sunday to hire its attacks in the city of Gaza for 24 hours. The life of two Israeli hostages is in real danger, it was said in a message from the Hamas military arm. The troops would also have to withdraw to an area south of “Street 8” in the city of Gaza immediately so that they could be tried to “get” the two hostages out.
Previously, the Kassam brigades had announced that the contact with the two hostages had stopped in the past 48 hours due to the intensive Israeli attacks in the city. However, Israel did not deal with this demand for the terrorist organization
