Peloni: Erdogan’s gleeful statement following this meeting was an early foreshadowing of concern following this meeting which excluded Israel’s participation. Another point of concern came amid the news of Trump’s statement that “I’m on the side of Israel. I’ve been on the side of Israel, really, my whole life, and we’re going to get a solution, and it’s going to be a solution that’s good for everybody.” Yet this conclusion defies the fact that what is good for Israel, and for the West/US by extension, would not be good for those Arab govts who were included in the meeting with Trump, all of whom have been advocating for the war to end since before it began.
Meeting with regional powers in New York, Trump calls Gaza talks his “most important meeting” and vows to push for hostages’ release and permanent ceasefire.
Israfan | Sept 24, 2025
President Donald Trump and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia attend the meeting of the Leaders of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Countries, Sunday, May 21, 2017, at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump’s Trip Abroad, Public Domain, Wikipedia)
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared that he will end the war in Gaza, calling his meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly his “most important meeting.”
“We want to end the war in Gaza. We’re going to end it. Maybe we can end it right now,” Trump told reporters before the closed-door talks. “This is my most important meeting… because we’re going to end something that should have probably never started.”
Leaders from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Pakistan attended. Trump noted that “all of the big players except for Israel” were present, adding that he would meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington next week.
The meeting comes amid reports that Washington is working with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on a post-war plan for Gaza, involving Arab funding and possible regional peacekeeping deployments.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the talks “very fruitful” and confirmed that a joint declaration will be published. Emirati media reported that discussions centered on a permanent ceasefire, hostage release, and urgent humanitarian aid.
Trump earlier met French President Emmanuel Macron, who defended his government’s recognition of Palestinian statehood at a Franco-Saudi conference. Trump pushed back: “I think it honors Hamas, and you can’t do that because of October 7. You just can’t do that.”
Macron countered that “after almost two years of war, what is the result?” while acknowledging that Israel’s assassinations of Hamas leaders had not dismantled the group. “We need a full-fledged process,” Macron said.
Trump reiterated his lifelong support for Israel but insisted on a solution “good for everybody.”
How reliable is Axios? If the details ennumerated here are accurate, an irreconcilable conflict is brewing between BiBi and Trump and what then? Is Trump doing a 180 all over
the place?
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/24/trump-israel-gaza-peace-plan-un
A solution that’s good for everybody is one in which Israel declares that, after 100 years of Arab warfare against us, even as we offered to trade land for peace with one deal after another rejected by the other side, Israel can no longer afford to risk its security on the empty promises of people dedicated to destroying the beautiful country we have built. Egypt and Jordan illegally invaded and occupied Israel, and we got that territory back in 1967. We are no longer willing to trade that land for peace that never comes, and we expect the Arabs in Gaza and Judea and Samaria to end their occupation of our territory, immediately. There is nothing illegal about this demand, as conflicts in other parts of the world have been resolved in the past by separating the warring parties this way. What’s been illegal over the decades are the double-standards to which Israel has been held. The claim that the forced removal of belligerent occupiers of Israeli territory is illegal is yet another double-standard the world has imposed on Israel. It has done so, even after Israel itself has forcibly removed its people, on multiple occasions, in the interests of peace—only to be confronted with more war. Therefore, it is in the best interests of all parties to enforce an immediate end to this conflict, with the return of all our hostages, living and dead, the cessation of fighting and swift and permanent removal of belligerents from Gaza, Judea and Samaria.
@judeathrives
Perfectly stated!
@judeathrives “all parties?” What does that mean? Also the aims of the last sentence are contradictory. I’m reminded of:
“People also ask
What does all deliberate speed mean?
AI Overview
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“All deliberate speed” means a process requiring thoughtful action and a sense of urgency but allowing for a slower, more gradual approach to change, rather than immediate or instant implementation. This phrase was used by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education II (1955) to instruct states to end segregation in schools, a decision that ultimately proved to be so vague and open to interpretation that it was used by segregationists to delay compliance for years… ”
However I agree with what you wrote up to that point. But to achieve all of those goals may take years, even if Gaza is completely conquered by the end of the year. And prioritizing the hostages will slow down the war effort. Gaza will have to be completely demolished before it can be rebuilt and resettled by Jews, in its entirety – resettlement must begin immediately because the army will need a permanent breadbasket there to sustain itself – the Arabs placed under Israeli martial law in part of it, and international obstacles to deporting them removed.
Trump shouldn’t say he will end the war in Gaza but that he will continue to help Israel win, however long it takes, regardless of the cost, and by any means necessary.