BREAKING : Netanyahu Celebrates a “New Day” for U.S. and Israeli Relations
A new story in the Times of Israel reports that on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the “new day” in U.S. and Israel relations.
Netanyahu was referring to recent talks with President Trump, where U.S. and Israeli relations began repairing after 8 long years of strife under Obama.
From Times of Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hailed the success of his recent talks with US President Donald Trump, calling last week’s trip to the United States he start of “a new day” in Israel’s relations with its American ally.
“The alliance between Israel and the US has always been steadfast but, I told them there and also here in Jerusalem: This alliance has become even stronger,” Netanyahu said at his first cabinet meeting since returning to Israel on Friday.
Citing his warm personal connection with Trump as well as “the common view about the dangers and opportunities in the Middle East,” Netanyahu said that during his ‘historic visit,” he and the president saw “eye to eye” on a range of issues facing the region, specifically noting the threat posed by Iranian aggression.
“I must point out that at the end of the meeting with the president, he shook my hand and defined relations between Israel and the US as ‘a new day.’ I must tell you that there is a new day here and it is a good day,” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu was welcomed by ministers, who last week urged him to reject the notion of a two-state solution in his meetings with Trump and have since celebrated the president’s statements suggesting the US is no longer committed to a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Appearing with Netanyahu before their meeting, Trump said Wednesday that he believed a peace deal was possible, but said he was not going to tell Israelis or Palestinians how to reach it.
“I’m looking at two state and one state, and I like the one that both parties like,” Trump said, showing receptiveness to Netanyahu’s call for a regional initiative that relied on Israel’s improving relationships with Arab countries. “The United States will encourage a peace, and really a great peace deal,” said Trump, and added that the matter was “important to me personally.” Trump’s UN enovy, Nikki Haley, subsequently said the US was “absolutely” committed to the two-state solution.
Speaking Sunday, Netanyahu said that he and the president agreed on the need for regional partners to be involved in any possible future negotiations.
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