David Horovitz
US President Donald Trump wants to end the war in Gaza as soon as possible. “We’ve got to get that solved,” he told his cabinet on Tuesday. A deal is close at hand, he indicated. Both Israel and Hamas want it, he said.
Added the president’s most trusted envoy, Steve Witkoff: “We think it will lead to a lasting peace in Gaza.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hurriedly called back to the White House, a day after he, his team and his wife had dinner there. He left more than an hour later, with both he and Trump, uncharacteristically, eschewing meetings with the media before, during or after their talk, at which Vice President JD Vance was also present.
Happy, smiling pictures were released, however, including one showing Netanyahu holding a baseball cap emblazoned, “Trump was right about everything!”
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a cap with the message “Trump was right about everything!,” in a photo posted by the White House on July 8, 2025, after Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump. (via X)
Netanyahu has not been prepared to back a one-time deal to end the war in exchange for all the hostages because he fears, he says, that the US and international community will not permit Israel to resume fighting Hamas, when, as it inevitably will, it breaches the terms of any permanent ceasefire.
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