"We speak to journalists Gideon Levy and Rami Khouri about President Trump's meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump supported Israel's threats to launch new attacks on Iran and warned Hamas to disarm during the second stage of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist, called the meeting a "continuation of the American-Israeli drive, that's been going on for some years now, to reconfigure the Middle East ... into a new colonial arrangement, whereby the U.S. and Israel dominate what goes on in the region.""
"Trump expressed support for Israel's threats to launch new attacks on Iran, as Netanyahu claims Iran is rebuilding its nuclear industries following U.S. and Israeli attacks last summer. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again. And if they are, we're going to have to knock them down. We'll knock them down. We'll knock the hell out of them. But hopefully that's not happening. I heard Iran wants to make a deal. If they want to make a deal, that's much smarter."
President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago and expressed support for Israel's threats to launch new attacks on Iran while warning Hamas to disarm during the second stage of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Netanyahu alleges Iran is rebuilding nuclear industries after U.S. and Israeli strikes last summer. Israel has repeatedly violated the truce with near-daily attacks on Gaza. Rami Khouri characterized the meeting as part of an American-Israeli drive to reconfigure the Middle East into a colonial arrangement dominated by the U.S. and Israel. Gideon Levy called the meeting an embarrassment and said Trump makes grand promises with no demands from Israel.
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