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.”
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