Trump is optimistic about the ceasefire talks in Gaza, hosting Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump said he believed that the talks to end the war in Gaza were “going well”, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted in Washington, DC.

Trump also expressed his confidence that Hamas was ready to end the 21 -month conflict. “They want to meet and want a ceasefire,” he said in unexpected statements to reporters at the White House.

The meeting came after the last rounds of indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar ended without penetration, although the negotiations are expected to continue this week.

In Monday’s comments, Trump journalist asked about what was preventing a peace agreement in Gaza, and said: “I don’t think there is a comment. I think things are going very well.”

Both leaders were asked about possible plans to transport the Palestinians, as Trump said he was cooperating from neighboring Israel.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu said he was working with the United States to find countries that “will give the Palestinians a better future.”

“If people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave,” Netanyahu said.

Palestinian presidency Precedent Plans that refused to transfer the Palestinians, which he referred to would violate international law.

Netanyahu seems to be playing the full possibilities of the Palestinian state, saying that Israel “will always maintain security control over the Gaza Strip.

“Now, people will say it is not a complete situation, it is not a state. We do not care,” Netanyahu said.

At the meeting, the Israeli Prime Minister also said that he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, and according to what was mentioned a long goal for the American president.

“It is the peace go away and we are talking, in one country, in one region after the other,” said Netanyahu, presenting to Trump, a message he sent to the Awards Committee.

Trump previously said he would be “very firm” with the Israeli Prime Minister about ending the war and indicated that he would “have a deal” this week.

The White House initially said that it will not make the meeting between the two leaders open to the media, as officials described it as a special dinner that Trump gives priority to paying to end the war and the return of all hostages.

Keeping the meeting was closed to journalists, it would be unusual for the president who loves to stipulate his positions with foreign leaders in front of the press in the world.

It is said that the US -backed ceasefire proposal will testify that Hamas launches 10 live hostages and 18 dead bodies dead in five stages during a 60 -day truce.

Israel will be asked to release an unknown number of Palestinian prisoners and withdraw from parts of Gaza, as it now controls about two -thirds of the region.

The obstacles facing an important deal remain.

The main issue is related to help, as Hamas insists on ending the work of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, while the Israeli delegation refuses to discuss the issue, saying that they are not authorized to discuss it.

During his visit, Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Trump envoy in the Middle East, met Steve Witkeov.

When a armored Limozine traveled in Netanyahu to the White House, dozens of demonstrators gathered in the security gates, waving Palestinian flags and screaming at the arrest of the Israeli Prime Minister.

Netanyahu, along with former Defense Secretary Yuf Galet and Hamas Commander Mohamed Dev, were directed to an arrest order in November from the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Netanyahu rejected these allegations, and described the orders of anti -Semitism, while the Trump administration imposed sanctions on four judges in the International Criminal Court for what he called “unfounded actions targeting America or our close ally, Israel.”

The last round of negotiations on the war in Gaza began on Sunday in Doha, where representatives were sitting in different rooms in the same building.

A Palestinian official said to the negotiations that the second session was held on Monday and ended without penetration.

Witkoff was scheduled to join the talks in Doha later this week in an attempt to obtain a ceasefire on the line as the Gaza conflict approached the twenty -second month.

Speaking to the BBC, the US ambassador to Israel refused Mike Hakapi to say whether Trump would give a written guarantee that the 60 -day ceasefire will be extended, as long as negotiations continue.

Hakapi said: “I simply do not know.”

This is one of the main enthusiasm and a stumbling block in the current negotiations.

When asked if he believed that Trump could make a breakthrough with the Israeli leader, Hakapi said: “I am not a prophet. I cannot predict the future, so I will not try to tell you about what will happen.”

Netanyahu has been visiting the White House for the third time since Trump returns to power almost six months ago.

But the leaders are meeting for the first time since the United States joined the Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and then mediated the ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

There is a strong feeling that the last 12 -day war has created more appropriate conditions for the end of the Gaza war.

Witkev said at a dinner on Monday that the United States meeting with Iran will be held next week or that. Trump also said he would like to lift sanctions against the Islamic Republic at some point.

The US President has expressed his growing concern about the conflict in Gaza in recent weeks and believes that there is a “good opportunity” to reach a ceasefire.

White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitte said that Trump’s “maximum priority” is to end the war in Gaza and that he wants to agree with Hamas on the 60 -day deal “now”.