Quotes
The decisions we made in the war have already changed the face of the Middle East,
he said at the airport before his departure
Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America,
he said in a statement, which was echoed by the leaders of the nationalist religious parties in his coalitionWe urge Trump to learn from Biden’s mistakes,
Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters at the timeThe discussions on the Middle East with Israel and various other countries are progressing. Bibi (Benjamin) Netanyahu's coming on Tuesday, and I think we have some very big meetings scheduled,
Trump told reporters, referring to the Israeli prime minister
Serious discussions on the second phase will not begin until after Netanyahu’s talks with Trump. Nothing significant will happen before then,
a senior Israeli official said.jpg)
We emphasised the importance of concerted efforts to intensify the entry of humanitarian aid and rehabilitate the Strip to make it livable and to stabilise the Palestinian people in their land,
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said following a meeting with Turkey's foreign minister
We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end—and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.”
As Trump said in his inaugural address
In this meeting we'll deal with important issues, critical issues facing Israel and our region: victory over Hamas, achieving the release of all our hostages and dealing with the Iranian terror axis in all its components--an axis that threatens the peace of Israel, the Middle East and the entire world,
he said
He wants to make sure Trump is on his side, but he also wants to make sure his government doesn’t collapse,
he said
I think it’s a testimony to the strength of the Israeli-American alliance,
he said
We must strengthen our grip and sovereignty over the homeland in Judea and Samaria,
Smotrich said in a message directed at Netanyahu, referring to the occupied West BankI’m not confident.”
Asked on January 20, shortly after being sworn in, if he was confident the truce in Gaza would hold, he saidHere, you’re talking about four sides of pressure around Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump,
he saidI believe that working closely with President Trump, we can redraw it even further and for the better. I believe that we can strengthen security, broaden the circle of peace and achieve a remarkable era of peace through strength,
the Israeli prime minister said
If Trump asks him to make concessions to the Palestinians in order to obtain normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu will have to choose between a privileged relationship with the American president or maintaining his coalition,
Touboul saidThe fact that this will be his first meeting with a leader of a foreign country since his inauguration holds great significance for the State of Israel,
Netanyahu said in a statement
First of all, it indicates the strength of the alliance between Israel and the United States. Secondly, it also reflects the strength of our connection; a connection that has already yielded great things for the State of Israel and the region, and has also brought about the historic peace agreements between Israel and four Arab countries – the 'Abraham Accords' that President Trump led,
the prime minister continuedThere is today an ideological alignment between the populist, Trumpist American right and the Israeli prime minister,
Khalfa said
Trump wants to reorient his priorities toward Asia-Pacific,
Beyond that ... said David Khalfa, a researcher at the Jean Jaures Foundation in ParisFor Netanyahu, a privileged relationship with the White House is an essential tool."
Celine Touboul, co-director of the Foundation for Economic Cooperation, a Tel Aviv think tank, said