He is expected to welcome Tuesday (04.02.2020) the White House, thus making him the first foreign leader invited to the American president’s new home after his inauguration. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at his departure, assured that he would have “close cooperation” with the American president, Donald Trump to “extend further” the Middle East map. CORVERSE Donald Trump from the Oval Office made it clear that he has no guarantee that the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, generally maintained, will be extended. His special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Whitkov, wanted to look slightly more optimistic than the American president saying that the agreement “stands this far and we certainly have hope (…) that we will get the hostages out, save lives and end up, hopefully, in a peaceful solution.” Although Steve Whitkov holds a more diplomatic stance, the American president recently put “fire” in the Arab world, with his proposal that the Palestinian enclave be “acquised”. With this expression Donald Trump implied the displacement of the Palestinian inhabitants of the enclave into “safer” and “probably more comfortable” locations, as in Egypt and Jordan. CORVERSE Cairo and Haman rejected the idea. The visit of the Prime Minister of Israel to the US capital coincides with the resumption of the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the second phase of the ceasefire agreement. This is expected to allow the release of the last hostages remaining in captivity in the Gaza Strip and lead to the final end of the Middle East war 1.5 year. Benjamin Netanyahu also goes to Washington as his army has been conducting a large-scale operation since 21 January in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. When a journalist asked him on Monday whether he would approve of the annexation of this area to Israel, Donald Trump initially said “I won’t talk about it”, before adding that Israel “is a very small country” in extent. Jordan and Egypt’s categorical refusal to welcome Palestinians does not seem to discourage the real estate tycoon, who does not hide that it approaches any international diplomatic challenge as a negotiation for the closure of an agreement between companies — like a “deal”. “We have done a lot for them and they will,” Donald Trump, who will welcome King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday (11.02.2020) while on Saturday he spoke by phone with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fatah al Sisi. The two countries are included in the five that by letter to the American Foreign Minister, Marco Rubio, opposed plans to displaced the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and urged them to be allowed to take an active part in the process of rebuilding the female, who has suffered a huge disaster, according to reports from Axios. Donald Trump went on to remove restrictions on the deliveries to Israel of 2,000 livre bombs (about 900 kg) imposed by his predecessor Joe Biden. It also lifted financial sanctions against Israeli settlers accused of attacks on Palestinians on the West Bank. The American president intends to discuss with the Israeli Prime Minister plans for possible normalisation of Israel and Saudi relations, for which he already made efforts during his first term. Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to remain in the US until Saturday afternoon, his services were announced late last night, as “many” meetings with American officials were requested. Israel sends a delegation to Qatar At the end of the week, Israel will send a delegation to Qatar to start indirect negotiations to continue the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The decision was made to analyse the second phase of the truce, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office announced. After Donald Trump and Benjamin Neteniahu met, the Israeli Prime Minister will convene the Security Council (his government) to discuss Israel’s positions.
Trump welcomes Netanyahu to the White House: Negotiations begin for Gaza’s second phase of truce
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