President Donald Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday evening in the White House to strengthen a shared message: the US-Israel Alliance has the Middle East Hervormd- and more.
“We had a huge success together,” Trump said during the public part of their dinner meeting. “And I think it will only be more success in the future.”
Netanyahu handed Trump a formal letter that he sent to the Nobel Prize for the Peace Prize. “It is well deserved,” said the prime minister. “You forge peace while we speak, in one country and one region after the other.”
Netanyahu surprises Trump with a formal nomination of the Nobel Prize during the historic meeting of the White House
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives President Donald Trump a folder during a meeting in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday 7 July 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump seemed surprised. “Thank you very much,” he replied. “Especially come from you, this is very useful.”
But behind the symbolism was a serious discussion about Iran, Gaza and what both parties see as a bending point in regional diplomacy. Trump confirmed that Iran requested new conversations after the joint US-Israeli strikes on his nuclear and rocket infrastructure. “They want to meet each other. They want to work out something,” he said. “They are now very different from two weeks ago.”
Netanyahu called the military operation ‘a historical victory’, adding that it put back ‘the two tumors threatened the life of Israel – the nuclear tumor and the ballistic rakettumor.’ But, he warned: “Like a tumor, it can grow back … you have to constantly follow the situation to ensure that there is no attempt to bring it back.”
“The war with Iran was a bit abruptly ended by Trump,” said Makovsky. “The Israelis wanted to continue it for a few days, or at least until there was a household name about what a different answer would cause.”
President Donald Trump meets the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuat the White House, Monday 7 July 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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According to a new Jinsa Memo entitled NOT about, those triggers can include Iran who rebuild air defenses, enriched Uranium distracting or importing advanced rakette technology. “We have always seen military action as a campaign, not a one -off,” said Makovsky. “Unfortunately, short of collapse of the regime in Tehran, this will be part of a series.”
Trump, however, emphasized his peacetizing ambitions. “I stop wars,” he said.
He said that the Iran strike “turned out … to erase”, and the pilots involved praised: “They flew 37 hours with zero problem mechanically. The biggest bombs we have ever dropped is not a nuclear. And we want to keep it non-nuclear by the way.”
Smoke comes from the building of Iran run by the state after an Israeli strike in Tehran, June 16, 2025. (AP photo)
Trump turns to Gaza and said that he believes that a cease -the proceeding can be reached soon. “They want to cease it -fires,” he said, in reference to Hamas. Netanyahu echoed that desire, but repeated that “certain powers, such as overall safety, will always stay in our hands. Nobody in Israel will agree with anything else. We don’t commit suicide. We cherish life.”
When asked if his Palestinian relocation plan was still on the table, Trump was initially postponed to Netanyahu, who responded by praising what he called ‘a brilliant vision’.
“It’s called free choice,” said Netanyahu. “If people want to stay, they can stay. But if they want to leave, they must be able to leave.”
Palestinians find their way with possessions while fleeing their houses, after Israeli air strikes, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2025. (Reuters/Mahmoud Issa)
He added that Israel works closely with the United States to find countries that are willing to help realize this approach. “We are coming close to finding different countries,” said Netanyahu. “And I think this will again give freedom to choose. Palestinians should have it. And I hope we can secure it.”
Makovsky said that Trump now sees Gaza and Iran as successive ‘episodes’. “He sees the war with Iran as a successful episode – it’s time to end that and turn to peace,” he said. “He wants to go to expanding the Abraham agreements, especially with Saudi Arabia.”
The two leaders also touched Syria. “I think there is a possibility to explore,” said Netanyahu, referring to recent shifts after the collapse of the Assad regime. Makovsky said that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa might be looking for “a kind of arrangement” with Israel to get American support. “He is incredibly flexible and practical,” Makovsky noted.
President Donald Trump meets Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, on May 14, 2025. (Saudi press agency/handout via Reuters)
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As Netanyahu put it: “This has already changed the face of the center.” Trump added: “We are on our way to many great results.”
On Tuesday, Netanyahu will meet the chairman of the house, Mike Johnson, R-La.
