Trump schikaniert Netanjahu erfolgreich

The more President Donald Trump puts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his place, the more likely it is that the Gaza war will end, Yair Rosenberg argues.

Last week, President Trump unveiled a new plan for ending the war in Gaza. On Friday, Hamas agreed to discuss some of the new plan—and Trump enthusiastically accepted the lukewarm response. 

In doing so, Rosenberg writes, he forced Netanyahu “along for the ride.” The Israeli leader—who had formerly promised that Israel would not cease military action prior to a diplomatic deal being struck—abruptly reversed course. Israel began halting offensive operations in Gaza and made plans to dispatch a negotiator in Cairo. “Trump successfully bullied Netanyahu—and if this latest round of talks is going to get results, he’ll need to do more of it,” Rosenberg writes.

“Contrary to the spin of Netanyahu’s boosters in Israel and the fulmination of anti-Semites in America, Trump has never been beholden to Netanyahu. The reverse is true: Netanyahu has been beholden to Trump,” Rosenberg argues. “For years, the Israeli leader has marketed himself to voters as the Trump whisperer.” 

“In reality, Trump is not and has never been Netanyahu’s pawn,” Rosenberg continues. “He is who he has always been: a transactional politician who leads a largely pro-Israel coalition but is also closely tied to an array of Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, because of both business and geopolitical considerations. Trump’s agenda is his own.”

Read more: [https://theatln.tc/UMduxpe8](https://theatln.tc/UMduxpe8) 

— Emma Williams, associate editor, audience and engagement, *The Atlantic*

how exactly is Netanyhu bullying Trump when Israel blew up terrorist politicians as they sat in their offices in Qatar, with little warning to the US and none to the Thanis?

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