Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Trump met with Arabs in a closed-door UN meeting

 

Can't wait to hear Bibi's response.

Politico story

Netanyahu will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.

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Special envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff provided some details on the proposal on Wednesday. “We presented what we call the Trump 21-point-plan for peace in the Mideast in Gaza,” he said at the Concordia summit in New York. “I think it addresses Israeli concerns and as well, the concerns of all the neighbors in the in the region.” Witkoff did not mention any comments about the West Bank.

Trump told reporters ahead of his sit-down with eight Arab and Muslim countries at the United Nations headquarters that it was his “most important” of the day, but he left without speaking to reporters and the participants have yet to issue any official readout about the substance of their conversation.

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[Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan] and Trump are scheduled to meet again at the White House on Thursday.

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The decision by a number of top U.S. allies to recognize a Palestinian state has prompted calls inside of Israel on Netanyahu to annex all or parts of the West Bank. Some of the far right members of his government see the current moment as an opportunity to realize the Israeli right’s long sought goal of absorbing the territory. With Israeli elections taking place next year, Netanyahu may see an opportunity in doing something on this to appeal to hard line supporters.

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Arab and European officials have warned that formal annexation of the West Bank would all but destroy any last hopes for a two state solution.

  Politico
Who still has hopes for that?

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