Donald Trump has been claiming the Nobel Peace Prize for himself for months. And he already has a sponsor, the Israeli prime minister, pursued by international courts for charges of genocide in the massacre that he is carrying out in Gaza as revenge for Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. There are already more than 56,000 dead in the strip in an offensive that does not seem to have an end and that is accompanied by the humanitarian block for people who live in a constant forced displacement.
“I want to express appreciation and admiration, not only of all Israeli, but of the Jewish people and many fans worldwide, for their leadership of the free world and the search for peace and security, which it leads in many countries, and especially in the Middle East,” said Netanyahu: “It has an extraordinary team, and I think our teams form an extraordinary combination to face the challenges and take advantage of the challenges and take advantage of Opportunities.
Thus has started his Netanyahu speech during dinner between the Israeli and American delegation in the White House. “I didn't know anything,” Trump replied, “thank you very much, coming from you, it is very significant,” he added in relation to a request from who cannot step on the ground of the dozen countries committed to international courts for fear of being arrested for the crimes committed in Gaza.
Trump was sitting at the center of a long table in the Blue Hall, in front of the Israeli prime minister. The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, was on his left; and the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on his right. They were also sitting at the American side table, the special witkoff envoy; the chief of cabinet, Susie Wiles; the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe; and the United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee.
The meeting between Netanyahu and Trump occurs after the American bombings on Iran that preceded the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Iran, but also in full negotiations between Tel Aviv and Hamas for a high fire sponsored by the US with hostage delivery.
“We have the opportunity to finally achieve a peace agreement, Mr. Prime Minister,” said Trump's negotiator Steve Witkoff, “in the terms discussed, and I hope it is very soon.”
Outside the White House walls, several dozen people demonstrated against the visit of the Israeli prime minister and in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Palestinian displacement
Asked about the theory exposed by Trump last February about the displacement of Palestinians to build a resort in Gaza, a riviera of the Middle East, at the expense of expelling the Gazatis with neighboring countries, Netanyahu has affirmed about the people who have been bombarding since October 2023: “President Trump had a brilliant vision. It is called free choice: if people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to stay. It should not be a prison, but an open place that gives people the freedom to choose from.
Trump added: “We have had great cooperation in neighboring meetings with neighboring countries, so something good will happen.”
That “freedom of choice” that Netanyahu mentions while massacra to the Palestinians, has limits for the Israeli prime minister when talking about the solution of the two states, “the world's greatest man to answer that old question,” according to Trump: “I think the Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves, but they should not threaten us. That means that certain competences, as the general security, will always be in our hands. That is a fact, and no one in Israel will accept anything different because we do not want to commit suicide.
Netanyahu added: “Hamas stayed in Gaza, and see what they did: they turned it into bunkers, in terror tunnels, after which, they massacred our people, they raped our women, they decapitated our men, invaded our cities and our kibutzim, and committed horrendous massacres as we did not see since World War II Paz with our Palestinian neighbors, those who do not want to destroy, and seal an agreement in which our security, the sovereign power of security, is always in our hands. ”
“Now, people will say that it is not a complete state, but we swore that it will never happen again,” allusion to October 7, where 1,200 Israelis died and two hundred and other two hundred were kidnapped. Since then, the Israel Government has killed more than 56,000 Palestinians and Gaza has swept. And keep doing it.
According to Iran
The US president explained how Tehran telegraphic the response to American bombings about their nuclear facilities: “14 missiles shot, and they were all demolished. They told us that they were coming, where they were already what time, and they said: 'If they want another hour, we changed it.' I appreciate it. People abandoned the base, and we had three gunners and three attendees.
“We have scheduled conversations with Iran,” Trump said: “We want it to remain not nuclear and I hope we don't have to launch more attacks against Iran. They want to meet, and if we can capture something in writing, it seems good to me. I think we have gained a lot of respect and also Israel. But they would like to meet, and we will have a meeting.” According to Witkoff, that meeting could be “very soon, in the next week, more or less.”
Netanyahu has third: “I think the alliance between Israel and the United States, between President Trump and me, has produced a historical victory. He delayed the two tumors that threatened Israel's life: the nuclear tumor and the tumor of the ballistic missiles, because they planned to build 20,000 of these missiles and throw them against a country the size of New Jersey; no country could resist it. that remove them, as we did. Abraham's agreements, which were in themselves a historical act that deserves a Nobel Prize for the President.
Netanyahu plans to meet with the US Vice President JD Vance, this Tuesday, as well as with the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, and with other members of Congress. On Wednesday, the Israeli prime minister will meet with the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh and at night, there will be a reception with Netanyahu and his team, along with members of the Trump administration and Jewish and evangelical leaders. Netanyahu plans to return to Israel on Thursday.
