Washington (dpa-Afx)-Almost two years after the beginning of the Gaza War, US President Donald Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House this Monday. According to an Israeli representative, it should take place at 11:00 a.m. local time (5 p.m. CEST). According to media reports, Trump Netanyahu wants to present a plan with 21 points for an end to the fights.
This provides for an immediate release of the remaining Hamas Geiseln in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the coastal strip. According to the reports, Hamas should no longer play a role in the future administration of the Gaza Strip, and Israel must not annex the area either. Instead, the coastal strip is to be ruled by a transitional government.
Ultrar rights coalition partner and settler representative increased the pressure on the Israeli head of government before the meeting. They urged Netanyahu to annex parts of the occupied West Bank and not end the war in the Gaza Strip without ending the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, the “Times of Israel” reported.
Trump has been awakening hope for a breakthrough in the negotiations at the end of the Gaza war for days. He also emphasized that he would not allow Israel to incorporate the West Bank. The Palestinians claim the area as part of a future independent state. Several important western countries had recently recognized a Palestinian state.