He will be the first foreign leader to set foot inside the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office today, as he announces, "to shake up the Middle East."
International media reports that he will try to convince the United States leader of his plan for Gaza, while there are fears that he may push forward the idea of annexing the West Bank and expelling Palestinians from their land.
Donald Trump initially said he was considering forcing Egypt and Jordan to take in 1.5 million people fleeing the Gaza Strip. But that angered Palestine and the Arab world. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan wrote a letter to the US State Department opposing the plan to expel people from the Palestinian enclave.
"The situation in the Middle East is currently very bad due to the expulsions that have caused many refugees in the world," the letter states, warning of the risk of instability in the region and increased radicalization. Turkey has also spoken out against Trump's plan for the Gaza Strip. "We are completely against it. It is a plan that violates international humanitarian law," confirmed Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Meanwhile, Hamas accuses Israel of rejecting the second phase of the ceasefire. Initially, the Tel Aviv government is demanding that more be done to eliminate radicalization within the Palestinian group.
Meanwhile, Trump has claimed credit for the 6-week ceasefire agreement that ended the 15-month war between Israel and Hamas, which has led to the release of 13 Israeli and 5 Thai hostages, as well as 583 Palestinian prisoners.
However, Netanyahu is facing major challenges in politics, with one of his allies leaving the coalition, while another is warning to leave if the fight against Hamas is not resumed. (A2 Televizion)
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