While signing executive action in the Oval Office on Monday night, President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter if he was confident he could maintain a ceasefire in Gaza.
“I'm not confident.”
said Mr. Trump. “It's not our war. It's their war.”
President Trump's reaction, which came hours before Secretary of State Marco Rubio's swearing-in, provided further evidence that the president generally wants countries to solve their own problems, but that Israel's It may also have had something to do with the current pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is to eliminate the remaining forces of Hamas.
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noticed The ceasefire agreement is said to have tested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's already slim parliamentary majority.
After Itamar Ben Gvir, a member of the Jewish Power Party and Netanyahu's cabinet;
resigned On Sunday, the government's finance minister, who was serving as national security minister, threatened to take similar action over the approval of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Such a departure would weaken the prime minister's ruling coalition.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday reassured President Trump that he would “fully support Israel's right to return to combat if it comes to the conclusion that Phase B negotiations are futile,” and that Trump intends to push for a ceasefire. Showed.
“It's a great location facing the ocean and the weather is perfect.''
Unless such a decision is taken, the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, which calls for the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, is scheduled to take place on February 4.
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proven He said he helped secure the return of the first group of hostages from Hamas and suggested that Israel could be in a position to end the conflict if it resumes, adding: “I think it's getting weaker. Gaza, kid — I am.” I saw pictures of Gaza, and it looks like a site of massive destruction. ”
“We have to rebuild in a different way,” Trump continued. “Great location on the ocean, great weather. You know everything is going well. I feel like we can do something beautiful with this.”
The president further said that from a governance perspective, “Certainly, you can't just leave the people who were there. By the way, most of them are dead, right? Most of them are dead. “We didn't exactly manage it well.” That can't happen because it was a malicious and malicious operation. ”
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