Trump receives Netanyahu at the White House and discusses the Gaza ceasefire
President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dinner at the White House on Monday evening, at the dinner, the Israeli surprised his American host by revealing he had nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade Trump has long coveted.
U.S. President Donald Trump, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the United States had scheduled talks with Iran and indicated progress on a controversial effort to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza.
Speaking to reporters at the beginning of a dinner between U.S. and Israeli officials, Netanyahu said the United States and Israel were working with other countries who would give Palestinians a better future,suggesting that the residents of Gaza could move to neighboring nations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday backed a proposal by President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and turn the war-ravaged coastal enclave into a luxury waterfront development—a plan that has drawn international condemnation and could further complicate fragile cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas.
It’s called free choice,Netanyahu told reporters before a private dinner with the President in the White House. If people want to stay, they can stay. But if they want to leave, they should be able to leave.
Netanyahu added that Israel was working very closely with the United States to identify countries that would be willing to accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza, and suggested that discussions with several nations were already getting close to fruition.
Trump, seated across from the Israeli leader, said that we’ve had great cooperation from countries surrounding Israel and added that something good will happen.
I think the Palestinians should have all the powers to govern themselves, but none of the powers to threaten us, Netanyahu said. And that means that certain powers like overall security will always remain in our hands.
We’ll work out a peace with our Palestinian neighbors, those who don’t want to destroy us, he added, and we’ll work out a peace in which our security, the sovereign power of security, always remains in our hands. Now, people will say, ‘It’s not a complete state, it’s not a state. It’s not that — we don’t care.
