Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet President Donald Trump on Monday, just over two weeks after Washington has yielded strikes against Iran’s nuclear program to support an earlier military operation performed by Jerusalem.
But even if the couple seems to enjoy the reported success of the missions – of which the Pentagon said last week that it had put back the nuclear program of Tehran with a maximum of two years – there will be various security problems on the table.
This is what to expect from the conversations Monday:
Iran Nuclear Program was returned two years after US Strikes: Pentagon
President Donald Trump is accompanied by the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dmerer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and vice -president JD Vance during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Washington, DC (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
New era of strategic partnership
“We have introduced a new era of the US-Israel Strategic Partnership as a result of this conflict,” said John Hannah, Senior Fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (Jinsa) that specializes in Defense and Strategy, during a press conference in reference.
“For the first time in history, the United States and Israel jointly fell together in offensive operations against the military capacities of a primary common opponent,” he added. “That’s very bad.”
Experts agree that Trump and Netanyahu are expected to tackle the future of American relationships, not only if it relates to the deterrent of Iran’s nuclear program, but because the Jewish leader will limit this level of American support.
“I think he will try to make that case with President Trump about what a critical ally of Israel could be for the rest of his term,” Jinsa President and CEO, Michael Makovsky, told reporters.
While Netanyahu will look at American support for Israel, Trump will also want to use the help that Washington has already offered to achieve political victories at home.
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Destroyed buildings are depicted in the west of Beit Lahia in the Northern Gaza Strip on 11 February 2025, amidst the current ceasefiring -the fires in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty images)
Gaza
Trump has repeatedly said that he wants the war to end in the Gaza Strip and see the return of all 50 hostages, including the two remaining Americans who are still in the hands of Hamas Terrorist Network, Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.
But his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has not been able to close a deal with which both Hamas and Israel can become – the hiccups that largely revolves around the inability to find a solution that ends the Israeli military operations and establishes a ‘day after’ plan for Gaza.
Van Witkoff was expected to visit Egypt for extra negotiations in the coming days, although no official travel plans have been announced yet.
But Trump is expected to put pressure on Israeli counterpart to finally end the more than 20 -month war.
Makovsky said that despite the recent decision of the US to send a help of previously promised help to Ukraine, Trump will probably not withdraw help to Israel.
“They have to supplement many intercepts in air defense and a lot of ammunition,” Makovsky noted. “I don’t see Trump stop that, but it gives him leverage.”
Trump presses Israel to end the Gaza conflict while looking at Abraham, expansion
Standardization
The establishment of the Abraham agreements during his first term became a cornerstone of his presidency and a victory that he would like to continue again by normalizing diplomatic ties between Israel and other Arab countries.
Some of the most important allies of the US in the middle, such as Saudi Aarabia, have made it clear that they are not interested in putting ties with Jerusalem – although they share a common enemy in Iran – until Israel stops his war in Gaza.
But it will probably be more than a ceasefire -the fire to expand the diplomatic ties between Jerusalem and Riyad, which has long been critical of what it regards as oppressive actions that Israel against Palestinians has taken.
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The experts explained that Trump will have to run a thin line when putting Netanyahu under pressure to find a solution that appeals to Arab countries, but who also argues the conservative basis of the Israeli president at home.
“It is not only pressure on the prime minister, but the president also works with our Arab partners to ensure that there are some incentives and some rewards for the prime minister in terms of the larger region,” said Hannah. “If [Netanyahu] Decide to take some daring risks in Gaza to bring this war to a conclusion that hostages, with the full support of President Trump … Then the prospect will open fairly quickly, renewed negotiations and a track for standardization with Saudi -Arabia and other important states in the region. “
