cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/38158481

Since an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal came into effect, the U.S. effort to sustain it appears to have constrained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel] Oct. 27, 2025 Updated 12:10 p.m. ET

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After Israel’s botched airstrike on Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month, Mr. Trump, meeting with Mr. Netanyahu in the Oval Office, forced him to call the Qatari prime minister and apologize.

Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, elaborated in a “60 Minutes” interview on Oct. 20.

“I think he felt like the Israelis were getting a little bit out of control in what they were doing,” he said, “and that it was time to be very strong and stop them from doing things that he felt were not in their long-term interests.”

It was an extraordinary revelation by Mr. Kushner, who indicated that Mr. Trump believed he was acting in Israel’s interests and that Mr. Netanyahu was not.

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