Trump sees ‘very good response’ to Gaza deal, hopes to get Israeli support soon

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Sunday that he has received a "very good response" to his proposal for ending the war in Gaza and is optimistic about getting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back it when the two meet on Monday. He said U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who was a Middle East envoy during his first term, were having talks with Netanyahu in New York ahead of the Monday meeting at the White House. "We’re getting a very good response because Bibi wants to make the deal too," Trump said in a telephone interview, using Netanyahu's nickname. "Everybody wants to make the deal." When international leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York this week, the U.S. unveiled a 21-point Middle East peace plan to end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. That plan calls for the return of all hostages, living and dead, no further Israeli attacks on Qatar and a new dialogue between Israel and Palestinians for “peaceful coexistence,” a White House official said. A Hamas represenWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times