And an official familiar tells me that on the one hand President Trump knows that in order to make progress on one of the key priorities that he has in the region, normalization agreements with Israel, Abraham Accords, that he needs to have the end of the war and some kind of day-after plan. Netanyahu, though, has not articulated a plan, at least publicly, beyond destroying Hamas militarily, nor has he indicated a willingness to take the steps that Saudi Arabia is demanding he take in order to have those normalization talks, which is steps toward a Palestinian state. However, other officials, including another U.S. official and a regional senior official, tell me that, no, Israel in private has indicated it's willing to take the steps that in public people are demanding it make and that it's up to President Trump at this point to decide how much pressure to put on Netanyahu in order to make these next steps.
Author: Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev
Published at: 2025-07-07 22:45:49
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