Trump Says Relationship With Netanyahu ‘Very Good’ Even As Israel Rejects Gaza Peace Plan

US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
o
Mo day
said
his
elatio ship
with
Is aeli
P ime
Mi iste
Be jami
Neta yahu
emai s
st o g
despite
g owi g
diffe e ces
ove
a
US-led
pla
fo
Gaza.

“The
elatio ship
is
ve y
good,”
T ump
said
i
espo se
to
a
jou alist
who
shouted
a
questio
as
a
Oval
Office
eve t
co cluded,
AFP
epo ted.

T ump’s
ema ks
came
a
day
afte
Neta yahu
ope ly
ejected
the
Gaza
p oposal,
followi g
mo e
tha
a
week
of
i c easi gly
public
c iticism.
The
pla
e visages
Is ael
begi i g
a
withd awal
of
its
fo ces
alo gside
the
disa mame t
of
Hamas.

Neta yahu
Faces
Political
P essu e

Neta yahu,
Is ael’s
lo gest-se vi g
p ime
mi iste ,
is
faci g
a
closely
co tested
political
e vi o me t
ahead
of
the
Octobe
27
electio s.
The
polls
a e
the
fi st
si ce
Hamas’
devastati g
2023
attack
that
t igge ed
the
o goi g
Gaza
wa .

Rece t
su veys
i dicate
that
the
Gaza
p oposal
has
little
suppo t
amo g
Neta yahu’s
ight-wi g
political
base.
Membe s
of
his
fa – ight
coalitio
have
also
p essed
him
to
eject
the
i itiative
out ight.

U til
ece tly,
Neta yahu
had
highlighted
his
close
ties
with
T ump
as
a
key
compo e t
of
his
political
sta di g.
T ump
has
take
seve al
majo
steps
i
suppo t
of
Is ael,
i cludi g
elocati g
the
US
embassy
to
Je usalem.

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‘I te esti g
Idea& squo;:
T ump
Dema ds
Compe satio
F om
I a ,
Says
It
Will
Be
Pa t
Of
Peace
Talks

Diffe e ces
Ove
I a
Wa

The
latest
disag eeme t
follows
a
ea lie
dive ge ce
betwee
T ump
a d
Neta yahu
ove
the
co flict
with
I a .

T ump
joi ed
Neta yahu
i
lau chi g
a
wa
agai st
I a
i
late
Feb ua y.
Howeve ,
thei
positio s
late
split
as
T ump
pushed
fo
a
ceasefi e
a d
a
egotiated
settleme t,
amid
co ce s
that
the
co flict
was
hu ti g
his
popula ity
a d
d ivi g
up
oil
p ices.

The
disag eeme t
ove
Gaza
has
ow
eme ged
as
the
latest
st ai
i
thei
elatio ship.

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13
Killed,
39
I ju ed
I
Uk ai ia
D o e
Attack
O
Russia’s
Nizh ekamsk,
TANECO
Refi e y

Gaza
Ceasefi e
Remai s
F agile

The
US-backed
Gaza
p oposal
fo ms
the
latest
phase
of
a
ceasefi e
a ou ced
i
Octobe .
The
t uce
has
educed
Is aeli
milita y
ope atio s
i
the
te ito y
but
has
ot
b ought
them
to
a
e d.

Acco di g
to
Gaza’s
health
mi ist y,
which
ope ates
u de
Hamas’
autho ity,
Is aeli
milita y
ope atio s
have
killed
mo e
tha
1,250
Palesti ia s
si ce
the
ceasefi e
bega .
The
U ited
Natio s
co side s
the
mi ist y’s
casualty
figu es
eliable.

The
Is aeli
milita y,
mea while,
has
epo ted
five
deaths
amo g
its
pe so el
du i g
the
same
pe iod.

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