Netanyahu travels to the US for meeting with Trump on Hamas and Gaza
The meeting will revolve around the second phase of the US plan for Gaza, it emerged this Sunday
It will be the fifth time the two leaders have met in the US since the return of The Republican will visit the White House in January, and although there is no public agenda, they are expected to discuss progress toward phase two of the ceasefire in Gaza and the perceived threat to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah.
Netanyahu, who according to the Israeli press does not travel with journalists, will talk with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, where the Republican is expected to demand progress on the ceasefire that the US helped broker last October, thanks to which Israel stopped bombing Gaza and withdrew its troops to the so-called Yellow Line.
The second phase of Trump's 20-point peace plan, which could begin in mid-January, calls for the disarmament of Hamas and the establishment of an international stabilization force (ISF), as well as the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and a transitional government.
Netanyahu's wearing thin in Washington?
According to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, According to an Axios correspond with sources close to Trump in Washington, everyone in the president's inner circle has grown tired of Netanyahu, except for Trump himself. In addition to the five meetings between the two this year in the US, Trump spent a few hours in Jerusalem on October 13, when the 20 remaining hostages in Gaza were released, and he made a plea for peace. "Israel, with our help, has won everything that can be achieved by force of arms. Now is the time to transform these victories against the terrorists into peace and prosperity for the entire Middle East," Trump said in a speech to the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, in Israel, unrest surrounding the 'Catargate' scandal is growing. According to which Netanyahu's advisors allegedly received payments from Qatar to promote Doha's interests during the offensive in Gaza,and to the bill to list the ultra-Orthodox, who today announced a new mass protest demonstration.

