Either this is true or they’re running some scheme with the other hand. Or Axios or some anti-Israel or anti-Bibi people somewhere in one of the governments is making things up again. Whichever it is, there is definitely a whiff of protesting too much.
[IsraelTimes] US President Donald Trump is planning several major announcements on Gaza in early January, but the direction of the peace process hinges on his meeting Monday at Mar-a-Lago with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios reports.According to the report, Trump’s team believes Netanyahu is delaying the Gaza ceasefire framework and could ultimately resume the war against Hamas, even as the Israeli leader seeks to persuade Trump himself to adopt a more hawkish approach.
“Bibi is trying to convince a one-man audience,” a senior Israeli official tells Axios, referring to Trump, clarifying that members of Trump’s administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, no longer favor Netanyahu. “He has lost them.”
Axios says the White House wants to move quickly to unveil a Palestinian technocratic government for Gaza, backed by an International Stabilization Force, and is even considering convening a Trump-led Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos later in January.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have been coordinating closely with Egypt, Qatar and Turkey to advance phase two of the deal, which would involve Hamas handing over weapons and Israeli forces pulling back.
Netanyahu, however, has expressed skepticism — particularly regarding the demilitarization of Gaza — and has clashed with Witkoff and Kushner over the plan, Axios reports.
According to the report, White House officials also voice growing frustration over Israeli actions they see as undermining the ceasefire, including IDF operations that Washington believes violate its terms.
“Sometimes we feel the IDF commanders on the ground are just trigger-happy,” one White House official says.
Axios reports, Witkoff and Kushner recently met with the prime minister of Qatar, the head of Egyptian intelligence and the Turkish foreign minister — guarantors of the Gaza deal — to map out issues to be raised with Netanyahu ahead of the Florida meeting, including calls for Israel to adhere to the ceasefire and avoid civilian casualties.
Trump is also expected to raise concerns over the West Bank, including fears of a Palestinian Authority collapse, settler violence and withheld Palestinian tax revenues.
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