Both the Trump and Biden administrations have publicly claimed credit for pushing the agreement over the line.
US President Donald Trump said Monday he was “not confident” the Gaza ceasefire would last, despite claiming credit for brokering the agreement between Israel and Hamas.
The US president says he wants displaced Palestinians to be moved from Gaza to neighbouring countries, maybe for the long term.
Egypt and Jordan have both rejected the suggestion by US President Donald Trump that Gaza should be “cleaned out” and what remains of its pre-war population of 2.3 million moved to the two neighbouring countries.
The deal “was only really accepted in the end because Trump came along,” a former hostage negotiator told NBC News.
Donald Trump celebrated the release of three Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity, and has signaled that he is committed to fully implementing the ceasefire in Gaza. “Hostages starting to come ...
The president signed an executive order that targets those who took part in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses last year.
Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump at the White House next week, the US and Israel have confirmed. The Israeli Prime Minister and US President will meet on February 4 amid a fragile six-week ceasefire that has brought a temporary pause to 15 months of fighting between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.
The riveting scenes, this week, of tens of thousands of Gazans trudging north to their bombed-out homes underscore the urgent need to create a viable governance plan for Gaza — and to ensure that the ceasefire framework now in place is seen through to the end.
President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him at the White House on Feb. 4
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