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North America correspondent in Washington
EPAIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that Israel intends to take control of all gas bands, signals an escalation that flies in front of some categorical international warnings.
But it is that at least so far the US government congratulated storytelling and collective shoulders.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said it was “almost to Israel” whether to fully occupy the gas. And when he asked him the next day if he gives Israel the “green light”, he instead talks about the US strikes for Iran earlier this year.
Washington’s ambassador to Israel Mike Hukabi was even more prudent – and his answer was that the Gaza Gaza plan was not a problem for America.
“It’s not our job to tell them what they should or shouldn’t do,” he said. “Certainly, if they ask for wisdom, advice, advice, I am sure that the president would offer it. But in the end, this is the decision that the Israelis and only the Israelis can make.”
Netanyahu has encountered some opposition to his plan – more special than the head of the headquarters of Gen Eyol Zamir, who, according to Israeli media, argues against a full -scale occupation.
In the event of a message after a meeting of Israel’s security cabinet, it is not said that Israel will take control of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip, and rather, that he will “prepare for control over the city of Gaza”.
However, this mentioned that one of the five principles of termination of war was “Israeli security control in the Gaza Strip”.
Some suggest that complete absorption of gas has always been on the table.
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However, Netanyahu suggested that Israel did not want to preserve the territory, but to “pass it on to Arab forces” – without specifying who.
Whatever the plan, however, the Trump administration does not give Netanyahu any public indications that he is wrong.
This is a significant change in White House policy. Previously, Trump was more than ready to outline his views on Gaza’s future – even when he caught Netanyahu and the Israelis surprised.
In February, just weeks after his second presidential term, he said the United States could participate deeply in Gaza’s reconstruction as a global resort and suggested that Palestinians could have to be moved outside the territory.
And while the United States joined Israel in an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the brief clash between the two countries in June, Trump publicly and forcibly pressed Israel to observe the truce that put an end to this conflict.
The Americans also expressed their dissatisfaction with the Israeli attacks against Syria last month – they did not approve publicly, while offering even more criticism.
“Bibi behaved like crazy,” a White House official told the Axios news website. “He bombers everything all the time.”
The White House was also invested to end the Gaza War, even pressed Netanyahu to end the fire before Trump took office in January.
Steve Vitcof, a real estate tycoon with a wide diplomatic portfolio in the White House of Trump, is the man of these negotiations who wants to mediate for a permanent fire, along with the release of the other hostages undertaken by Hamas in his attack on October 7, 2023.
Recently a month ago, the White House was optimistic that a deal was available.
“We hope that by the end of this week we will have an agreement that will lead us to a 60-day end of fire,” Vitcof said on July 8, adding that this could lead to “lasting peace in gas”.
But just over two weeks later, negotiations for the termination of the fire collapsed and Vitcof publicly accused Hamas of being selfish and did not act in good faith.
“Hamas didn’t really want to make a deal,” Trump said on July 25th. “I think they want to die and it’s very, very bad.”
Trump’s comments – and his decision to give up talks with Hamas and remain ambivalent to what may be a large -scale new Israeli military operation – can be a bet designed to force the Palestinian group to make new discounts on the negotiation table.
If so, it will be enough soon.
“The Trump administration has a lot of leverage,” said Prof. Saikal of the Australian National University. “I think Netanyahu would not make this move unless he had any agreement or silent support from Washington.”

However, this American change of the course from public disapproval to apparent distance can also be part of the President’s efforts to return to his non -interventional prospects – a position that temporarily abandoned during Iranian strikes, much to the horror of parts of his political base.
“There is increasing concern that this is incompatible with America’s policy, raising the United States deeper and deeper in this terrible war is not something that the president runs for office,” said Frank Loweenstein, a special envoy of the Obraki, the administration of the administration of the Barak Obama. Barack Obama, Barack Obama told Barack Obama administration, to the BBC.
“But for now, anyway, I think Trump will allow Netanyahu to do whatever he wants.”
If so, Trump’s position is in full contrast to the latest statements of France, the United Kingdom and Canada to recognize the Palestinian state. These moves are designed to put additional pressure on Israel to overturn its military operations and reach an agreed agreement with Hamas.
This diplomatic recognition, as well as America, studies the indifference to the prospect of a long – and probably indefinitely – the Israeli military occupation, takes over the US and its allies in significantly different directions.
But both are the tacit admission that the current situation is untenable and that negotiation of peace is more than ever.
Trump does not say how long this trend will last. But by the time Trump changed the course again, Israel can be quite on the road in Gaza, which will be very difficult to turn.

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