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Once in lockstep, Trump and Netanyahu no longer in sync: NYT

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  • Source: The New York Times
  • 11 May 2025 15:18
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Signs indicate that the two leaders are divided over major policies after Trump engaged in talks with Iran, cut a deal with Ansar Allah, and diverged on Gaza war strategy.

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  • Once in lockstep, Trump and Netanyahu no longer in sync: NYT
    President Donald Trump listens as "Israel's" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington (AP, File)

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both politically divisive, fiercely combative, and possess outsized egos, but as Trump prepares to travel to the Middle East next week, the region’s future may hinge on the two men's relationship, The New York Times reported.

When Netanyahu met Trump at the White House in February, the two leaders were in lockstep on major Middle East policies. Trump had just designated the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen as a "terrorist organization". They both spoke about preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, and Trump even floated the idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Netanyahu told Trump in front of the cameras, “You say things others refuse to say."

“And then, after the jaws drop, people scratch their heads. And they say, ‘You know, he’s right,’” he added.

Read more: Israeli media blasts Netanyahu over US ties, war failures

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But two months later, during another White House visit in April, Netanyahu sat in near-total silence for over half an hour as Trump rambled on about topics unrelated to "Israel".

That meeting underscored the growing rift between the two leaders, who now increasingly diverge on some of the most critical security issues facing "Israel".

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Last week, Trump announced a deal with Ansar Allah to halt US airstrikes on the group, which, in turn, agreed to stop attacking US ships in the Red Sea. According to Israeli officials, Trump’s announcement, which came just days after a Yemeni missile struck Tel Aviv’s main airport, triggering heavy Israeli airstrikes on Yemeni areas, was a surprise to Netanyahu.

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There are also signs of discord over Gaza. While Trump has strongly supported Netanyahu’s approach to the war, offering virtually no public criticism of "Israel’s" escalating bombardment and its blockade on food, fuel, and medicine since the ceasefire collapsed two months ago, his envoys are still trying to broker a deal to end the war.

What’s at stake is both the immediate and long-term security of a region long plagued by war.

Analysts in the Middle East and the United States say the course of history may partially depend on whether Trump and Netanyahu can overcome their differences amid a time of major geopolitical shifts.

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