In addition to crucial discussions about the ongoing campaign against Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meetings with President Donald Trump and top American officials will also center on the next phase of confronting Iran.
The meeting between the leaders could be the pinnacle of the battle for the future of Western civilization itself.
The new regional arrangement presents an opportunity for international recognition of prayers that have been taking place there for seven years. Trump's Deal of the Century took the first step in this direction. Now may be the time to bring them out of the shadows.
The scale of opportunities presented by Trump's approach matches the magnitude of its inherent challenges; The Netanyahu-Trump meeting's core will be the question – how to square the circle?
The President has already demonstrated his willingness to break past conventions and adopt creative solutions. The prime minister, for his part, must bring new 'out-of-the-box' ideas to the table. This is how the ticking time bomb in Gaza can be defused.
On the eve of the Trump-Netanyahu summit, we hope that the US-Israel alliance remains strong and resilient, or, despite its grand setting, be remembered as an event that failed to resolve fundamental disputes between Washington and Jerusalem.
Hamas has no dreams of change. It has already announced that the "Flood of the freedom deal" proves this is the way forward, and that Israel only understands the language of kidnapping. Israel, regrettably, is proving them right.
Trump offers a way out of this cycle of bloodshed. He proposes evacuating the civilian population from Gaza, even if temporarily, allowing the process of rehabilitation and rebuilding to begin in a Gaza empty of both residents and Hamas. Yet everyone rushes to refuse the proposal.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump are set to meet tonight, with all critical issues on the table, including pressures on Washington not to take military action against Iran, Israel’s demands for the second phase of negotiations, all while facing the red lines of both the Saudis and the Americans.
The images emerging from the devastated Gaza Strip do not depict Hamas as a collapsed, crushed, or dismantled organization, let alone a destroyed one. The victory images we had hoped to see will have to be found elsewhere.