Did Trump threaten to leave Israel because of the Gaza Strip War? What the US official said

Tel Aviv:

When Israel intensified his offensive in Gaza to take over the “total control” of the Palestinian territory, some of its closest allies, including the United States, could threaten to withdraw their support from Jerusalem in the face of the mass raven in the enclave. The government of Trump has warned the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel's failure to conclude the war in Gaza would lead to the withdrawal of American support, according to a report by the Washington Post.

The newspaper quoted an anonymous source that is familiar with the discussions and reported that Trump's representative of Israel informed that the United States “left” the country if it does not end the war.

“Trump's people let Israel know: 'We will leave them if they don't end this war,” said the source.

The Press spokeswoman of the White House, Caroline Leavitt, also said that “the President ends the war in Gaza” after the Israeli-American soldier of Edan Alexander was secured last week through direct negotiations in US Hamas without Israel's participation.

The report on the pressure of the Trump administration behind the scenes followed a very public exclusion of Netanyahu during the last week of US President Donald Trump. During his tour on which he hit Arab nations like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Trump said that “many people in Gaza starve”.

“People are hungry. Terrible things happen there,” said Trump, adding that he asked him to give him more food and medicine in the enclave during a call with Netanyahu in April. “Gaza came up and I said we have to be good at Gaza. People suffer there.”

Pressure increases from other allies

The leaders of Britain, France and Canada also condemned Israel's “outrageous actions” in Gaza on Monday and warned of joint measures if it did not stop at the Palestinian territory.

Starer, Macron and Carney have beaten Israel's blocking of help and comments from ministers in Netanyah's government that threatened the mass shift of the Palestinians.

“We will not be ready, while the Netanyahu government performs these outrageous measures. If Israel does not stop the renewed military offensive and increases its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete measures in response,” said the leaders.

However, they did not say what measures could be taken, but added: “We endeavor to recognize a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are ready to work with others up to this purpose.”

Netanyahus U-Turn

Netanyahu seemed to react to the increasing pressure and said on Monday that he was ready to end the conflict, “when the remaining hostages are published, Hamas puts its murderous leaders in exile and Gaza.”

He also said that it was necessary for Israel to prevent a famine in Gaza for “diplomatic reasons” after his government announced that it would enable restricted food aid to the area. “We must not let the population (from Gaza) sink in famine for practical and diplomatic reasons,” said Netanyahu in a video published in his telegram channel and added that even “friends of Israel” would not tolerate “pictures of the mass rifle”.

This was the first time that Israel publicly recognized the threat of hunger in Gaza despite repeated warnings of global hunger experts. Israel has announced that his blockade has been aiming to force concessions from the Palestinian group since March 2.

“Refuse to report”

The Israeli media countered the report on Washington Post and cited a US official who, according to reports, could give disagreements between Washington and Jerusalem, but “the idea that we would leave Israel is absurd.”

In conversation with Times of Israel, the US official also reports that the Israel agreement to enable a small amount of aids in Gaza on Monday after a 78-day blockade was able to publish the terrorist group last week, American Israeli-Geisel, Edan Alexander.

“This was a goodwill gesture. The release was unconditional,” said the US official of the times of Israel.

The US ambassador in Israel, Mike Huckabee, reported that the Washington Post report reported. “Your reporting is nonsense. You have to listen to what the President says – not what some not informed 'source' to know,” he told Ynet News site.