3 days ago - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration that the Rafah crossing in Gaza would not reopen until Hamas had handed over the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage still in the strip, ...

1 week ago - The White House is trying to press Netanyahu into entering into the second phase of Trump’s highly-prized 20-point Gaza peace plan – even as Netanyahu expresses reluctance go along on the grounds that Hamas has not been properly disarmed.

5 days ago - Netanyahu is also trying to persuade Trump to keep Erdogan off the “Board of Peace,” the group of international figures, led by Trump himself, that the peace plan envisions as overseeing the transition of Gaza from war and Hamas control ...

1 week ago - This is the first time in his second term that Trump and his team have weighed in at length with Netanyahu about West Bank policy. The U.S. official said the White House thinks a violent escalation in the West Bank would undermine efforts to implement the Gaza peace agreement and prevent the expansion of the Abraham Accords before the end of Trump's term.

1 week ago - The Israeli leader, who also met separately with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has signaled he is in no rush to move forward with the next phase as long as the remains of Ran Gvili are still in Gaza. Gvili’s parents met with Netanyahu as well as Rubio, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in Florida on Monday. “They’re waiting for their son to come home,” Trump said of the family of the young police officer known affectionately as “Rani.”

1 week ago - Trump, who has broached a potential nuclear deal with Tehran in recent months, said his talks with Netanyahu focused on advancing the fragile Gaza peace deal he brokered and addressing Israeli concerns over Iran and over Hezbollah in Lebanon.

3 weeks ago - The fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is also expected to feature prominently in the talks between Netanyahu and Trump, amid concerns both sides are failing to take action to carry out the next phase of the deal. Under the second stage of the agreement, Israel is supposed to withdraw its forces from Gaza, and an interim body is to assume authority over the Palestinian enclave instead of Hamas.

1 week ago - And that’s it, the press conference is over. Trump said he wanted to move to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan “as quickly as we can, but there has to be a disarmament” from Hamas.

1 week ago - President Trump said Israel has “lived up to the plan” for a ceasefire with Hamas, praising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Palm Beach, Fla., after the two met for several hours.

3 weeks ago - We ended the war in Gaza. An everlasting peace.' He added: 'It's really peace in the Middle East. You remember October 7 was terrible, but from the Hamas standpoint, they've probably lost 70,000 people. That's big retribution. At some point, that whole thing has to stop.' Trump pledged Hamas disarmament as part of the second phase, with hardline Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatening to topple Benjamin Netanyahu...

1 week ago - A White House official told Axios last week that Netanyahu had "lost" the trust and support of everyone in the administration except Trump. "The only one he has left is the president, who still likes him, but even he wants to see the Gaza deal ...

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2 weeks ago - According to the report, Trump’s team believes Netanyahu is delaying the Gaza ceasefire framework and could ultimately resume the war against Hamas, even as the Israeli leader seeks to persuade Trump himself to adopt a more hawkish approach.

1 week ago - In remarks to reporters before, ... said that they were in broad agreement on most issues, from next steps in Gaza and the possibility of bombing Iran again, to how very deserving Trump is of getting another award....