Netanyahu Meets President Trump – Breaking down the key issues
Avi Abelow | X
Israel stands today at five decisive junctions: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and the future structure of the U.S.–Israel alliance. Each one demands clarity, not slogans.
First: Gaza.
Israel cannot move forward while Hamas still exists, armed, empowered, and dreaming of the next October 7. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are not “governing bodies.” They are jihadist armies. There can be no Phase B, no “day after,” without the return of the body of Ran Gueli z”l and the complete disarmament of Hamas. Anything less is surrender disguised as diplomacy. If Hamas refuses, Israel must retain full freedom of action to finish the job.



Avi Weiss,






President Donald J. Trump walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, along the Colonnade of the White House. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Public Domain, 
