The reports indicated that the meeting would likely take place at Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort in south Florida, which is also near where Netanyahu\u2019s son lives.<\/p>\n
Trump invited Netanyahu<\/a> for a meeting earlier this month, with most speculating that the two would discuss advancing the American leader\u2019s peace plan in Gaza, as well as security deals being discussed with Syria and Lebanon and other regional issues.<\/p>\n \t The two last met in Israel during a lightning visit by Trump to celebrate the ceasefire deal on October 13.<\/p>\n Interlocutors are now looking to move to the second phase of the administration\u2019s 20-point plan to end the war, which outlines governing arrangements for the enclave.<\/p>\n The plan envisions Hamas disarming, a Palestinian technocratic body managing Gaza\u2019s affairs, and a multinational force deploying there as the IDF withdraws. Israel has demanded Hamas\u2019s disarmament as a condition for moving forward with the plan.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Netanyahu voiced skepticism about the notion that a multinational force meant to patrol Gaza could successfully disarm Hamas, though he vowed disarmament would occur while touting Israel\u2019s strength.<\/p>\n \t Also likely on the agenda for Netanyahu\u2019s visit is the issue of the negotiations for a new security arrangement with Syria, which have almost completely stalled as Israel has reportedly changed its demands in exchange for withdrawing its troops from territories in southern Syria that it has occupied since last December.<\/p>\n Initially, Israel said it had seized the land due to fears the area would fall into the wrong hands, and said it would hold them until a new security deal was agreed upon, though reports<\/a> last month suggested Jerusalem\u2019s terms have since changed to demanding full diplomatic relations, which Damascus has said is not currently in the cards.<\/p>\n \t Trump last week warned Israel against destabilizing Syria and its new leadership, days after IDF soldiers battled gunmen in the country\u2019s south, and said he is \u201cvery satisfied\u201d with the country\u2019s performance under new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.<\/p>\n Trump last month separately hosted Sharaa and later the Syrian leader\u2019s patron, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. He promised to sell Riyadh advanced F-35 fighter jets, despite the Saudis continuing to hold off on normalizing ties with Israel. There are concerns that the sale could erode Israel\u2019s qualitative military edge in the region, which Trump is congressionally obligated to uphold.<\/p>\n Waltz hails reopened crossing<\/p>\n The announcement of the trip came as US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz visited Israel for talks related to the Gaza plan.<\/p>\n During a Monday meeting with Netanyahu, Waltz thanked Israel for reopening a crossing linking Jordan and the West Bank which was shut to aid earlier this year following a deadly attack by a Jordanian driving a truck carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza.<\/p>\n \t \u201cWaltz welcomed Israel\u2019s cooperation on expanding border crossings, including the Allenby-King Hussein Bridge crossing, for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and emphasized the importance of continued collaboration to address regional stability,\u201d read a US readout.<\/p>\n Waltz, who was formerly Trump\u2019s national security adviser, used the crossing Monday morning after spending Sunday in Jordan, where he\u00a0discussed \u201cthe need for stability in the West Bank\u201d during a meeting with King Abdullah, according to an American readout.<\/p>\n The comment appeared to be a reference to Israeli settler violence against Palestinians, which the Trump administration has gradually and gingerly begun weighing in on after months of worsening attacks and almost complete impunity.<\/p>\n Waltz, whose wife is Jordanian, \u201cthanked the king for all of Jordan\u2019s efforts to bring humanitarian relief to Palestinians,\u201d the US readout on Sunday\u2019s meeting said.<\/p>\n Jacob Magid contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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