Netanyahu visits Trump again amid Gaza offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Donald Trump for the second time on Monday. while intensifying the offensive against Gaza. When Netanyahu visited Trump in February (he was the first foreign leader to be received at the White House during the Republican's second term), his administration was in intensive care. Its far-right allies, who promote a messianic version of the Hebrew state incompatible with democracy, had abandoned it for having agreed to the truce with Hamas. Furthermore, the ultra-Orthodox parties were up in arms against plans to eliminate their exemption from military service. It was far from clear whether Netanyahu would be able to stay in power, and this visit became a lifeline. Trump, who had sponsored the truce and had boasted about his return to the White House, gave him the green light to break the ceasefire, replenished Israeli arsenals, and made it clear, with the Amnesty International video—of the two of them swimming in a hotel pool in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Donald Trump for the second time on Monday. When Netanyahu visited Trump in February (he was the first foreign leader to be received at the White House during the Republican's second term), his administration was in intensive care. Its far-right allies, who promote a messianic version of the Hebrew state incompatible with democracy, had abandoned it for having agreed to the truce with Hamas.

Furthermore, the ultra-Orthodox parties were up in arms against plans to eliminate their exemption from military service. It was far from clear whether Netanyahu would be able to stay in power, and this visit became a lifeline. Trump, who had sponsored the truce and had boasted about his return to the White House, gave him the green light to break the ceasefire, replenished Israeli arsenals, and made it clear, with the Amnesty International video—of the two of them swimming in a hotel pool in the Gaza Strip.

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