The future of the Middle East, and the second phase of Israel’s agreement with Hamas dominated his meeting with the White House at midnight on Tuesday (04.02.2025), Greece time. Benjamin Netanyahu became the first leader to visit the White House after Donald Trump’s election, which demonstrates the priorities of US 47th President’s foreign policy. CORVERSE Leaving behind the tensions between them in the past, Trump said that his relationship with Netanyahu is “mainly upward”. The two did very well in Trump’s first presidential term, but he then revealed that he did not believe Netanyahu was serious about making peace with the Palestinians. The difference in the American President’s behavior to Netanyahu tonight, compared to his predecessor, Joe Biden, is “unbelievable”, revealed a senior member of the Israeli Prime Minister’s environment. CORVERSE Asked, earlier, at the Oval Office, along with Netanyahu, if the Palestinian Authority can rule Gaza, Trump replied: “Well, he’s had quite a hard time, don’t you think?” he said, without getting into more details. However, he noted that he wants there to be a “beautiful region” where the Palestinians can be “established permanently”, as being in Gaza is like “living in hell”, he said. TRUMP: Gaza maybe is a declaration site right now … you can’t live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location.” — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) In fact, in a reporter’s question as to whether he deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his Middle East peace efforts, the American President did not seem humble in his reply: “They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. Too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me,” he said, making Netanyahu smile. Trump: They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. I deserve it, but they will never give it — Acyn (@Acyn) For his part the Israeli Prime Minister said he is happy that Donald Trump is now in the White House, and that now “Israel becomes an empire in the Middle East”.
Trump in Netanyahu: I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize but they’ll never give it to me.
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