President Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu They meet at the White House and hold a joint press conference on Tuesday. This is the first visit of a foreign leader to Mr. Trump II.
The ceasefire and the hostages between Israel and Hamas, in which the United States has partially mediated, are still holding on. Double citizen Keith Siegel He was the first American to be released since Implementation Last month, although other Americans were released before.
On Sunday, Netanyahu said that he will discuss “victory over Hamas” with Mr. Trump, as well as facing Iran and building diplomatic relations with Arab countries.
Mr. Trump told the reporters on Monday that he “has no guarantees that peace will carry.”
The President’s meeting with Netanyahu is the first with a foreign leader, indicating Mr. Trump’s views about the close relationship between the United States to Israel.
“Trump will continue to support our great ally, Israel,” National Security Adviser Mike Valtz at Fox News said on Tuesday. He added that the United States and Israel “have more to go” in terms of American returnees who held hostage. The National Security Adviser said that the United States should consider “realistically” about the rebuilding of Gaza.
“I would like to describe Gaza cleaning“Al -Fals told reporters on Tuesday.” I think President Trump looks at this from a human point of view. You have these people sitting with thousands of uninterrupted munitions and piles of rubble. As you know, at some point we have to look realistically. How to rebuild Gaza? How does that look? What is the schedule? I think we, many people, look at very unrealistic timelines. We are talking 10, 15 years, not the five years. This is what, this is what we have to work. This is part of what we will work with with Prime Minister Netanyahu. “
Netanyahu last time met with Mr. Trump in July in the property of Mar Lago in Palm Pach, Florida, while Mr. Trump was still a presidential candidate.
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Netanyahu congratulated former President Joe Biden on his victory in 2020, which Mr. Trump carried against him for some time. But the two worked to reform the relationship in the wake of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel.
How to watch the press conference Trump Niaho
- What: President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference
- date: Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
- time: 5:10 pm or later
- location: the White House
- Online stream: Live on CBS News 24/7 in the operator above and on a mobile phone or a broadcast device.