Trump expresses doubts about the duration of the Gaza cotton arrest
Trump expresses doubts about the duration of the Gaza cotton arrest
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was "not confident" that the Waffeistlace in Gaza would be permanent, although he breaks up with the imparting of the agreement between Israel and Hamas. "I'm not confident. It is not our war, it is her war," he said in the Oval Office when a reporter asked him whether the armistice would last during the planned three phases. "I saw a picture of Gaza - it looks like a massive construction site. This place has to be rebuilt fundamentally differently."
pressure on the Israeli government
The pessimism of the American president is not unusual. There is considerable pressure from extremist, right-wing Israeli politicians to resume the Gaza War, who see the ceasefire as surrender to Hamas. Itamar Ben-Gvir from the Israeli Party "Jewish Power" resigned as Minister of National Security this week and thus reduced the already scarce parliamentary majority of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has Netanyahu does not break the ceasefire as soon as the first phase of 42 days is completed.
statements by Smotrich and Netanyahu
"I asked - and preserved - that Prime Minister Netanyahu promises that Israel will return to the battlefield to eliminate Hamas and exterminate this threat once and for all," said Smotrich in a message on Monday. Netanyahu on his part said on Sunday evening that "both President Trump and President Biden Israel have given the full backing of his right to fight again if Israel comes to the conclusion that negotiations on phase B are senseless. I really appreciate this."
speculation about the progress of the negotiations
The Israeli media are through this week of speculation that these obligations to restart the war will endanger the negotiations on the second phase of the agreement, which is expected to begin on February 4. In the second phase, if it comes into force, the Israeli military would completely withdraw from Gaza.
Trump's statements on peacekeeping
Trump's pessimism in relation to the ceasefire contradicted the promise that he had given in his inaugural speech just a few hours earlier that he would "not only measure the success on the slaughter won, but also measure the wars that we end". Among the numerous decrees that he signed when he took office, the decision was also made to lift sanctions that the bid administration against Israeli settlers , which are allegedly responsible for fatal violence in the occupied West Jordanland.
collaboration with the new administration
Smotrich quickly thanked Trump for his taking office and explained that he was "continued to strengthen our national security, for Expansion of the settlements in all parts of the state of Israel and to strengthen Israel position in the world ". The finance minister is one of those who have vigorously pleaded for it,
It is unclear what Trump thinks of this project. But when he was asked on Monday, Who should go to Gaza , answered people who were there not be in power ”, apparently in relation to Hamas. "By the way, most of them are dead, right? Most of them are dead. But they didn't go well. It was cruel and bad. You can't have that."
The American president also explained to a complementary question that he could "perhaps" take on a role in the reconstruction of the enclave, and praised Gaza as an place with "an excellent location by the sea" and "the best weather". These comments remind of Trump's view of Gazas
potential for a reconstruction
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