The US has high hopes for a new Gaza ceasefire, but Israel’s long-term aims seem far less peaceful
- Written by Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
US President Donald Trump has hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dinner at the White House, where he has declared talks to end the war in Gaza are “going along very well”.
In turn, Netanyahu revealed he has nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying:
he is forging peace as we speak, in one country, in one region,...