On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the authenticity of the rumors of a dispute with the American administration, after a visit by US President Donald Trump to the Gulf last week and did not include Israel.
Netanyahu has never publicly commented on the issue, but he told reporters at a press conference that he spoke to Trump about 10 days ago and that the president told him, “Bibi, I want you to know, I have a full commitment to you, and I have a full commitment to the State of Israel.”
Amid the increasing international pressure on Israel, Trump is calling for a rapid end of the war on Gaza and talking about the suffering of civilians in the Strip, as it caused an Israeli block for 11 weeks of aid in a deep humanitarian crisis.
Netanyahu said US Vice President J. Vice President told him a few days ago, “Do not care about all this false news about this dispute between us.”
Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE last week sparked wide media comments that focused on that Israel, the closest ally of Washington in the region, was not included in the tour.
The visit came in the wake of Trump’s decision to end an American campaign to attack the Houthis in Yemen despite the group’s continued firing of the missiles towards Israel, as it came amid American efforts to reach a nuclear agreement with Tehran, which is not consistent with the desires of Tel Aviv.
For weeks, guesses swing between talking about real differences between Trump and Netanyahu regarding the Gaza war, and statements that deny the existence of a crisis between the two parties, and that the matter is nothing more than a variation in the order of priorities.
Israel had resumed the aggression against Gaza on March 18 after it turned against the ceasefire agreement, and during this period the shelling resulted in the death of more than 3,200 Palestinians and the injury of nearly 9,000, while tens of thousands were displaced from their areas.
With absolute American support, Israel has committed since October 7, 2023 genocide crimes in Gaza, which left more than 175,000 martyrs and wounded – most of them children and women – and more than 11,000 missing, as well as hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
