Trump gives Netanyahu deadline to end Israel-Hamas war by January if he takes office: report
Former President Donald Trump has reportedly asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the Israel-Hamas war by Jan. 20, according to the Times of Israel.
According to the Times of Israel, former President Trump allegedly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to conclude the Israel-Hamas conflict by the time he is sworn in, assuming he is elected.
An anonymous insider with knowledge of the exchange told the Israeli site about it. Voters' choices on November 5 will determine whether Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris gets inaugurated on January 20.
According to a source for the Times of Israel, Trump first delivered the message to Netanyahu during the Israeli leader's July visit to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
While Trump has expressed a desire to end the war, which has been ongoing since Oct. 7, 2023, the fact that the request had a timeline was previously unknown.
Trump, who has not spoken about the Israel-Hamas war extensively on the campaign trail, has shown support for Israel's targeting of Iranian nuclear sites.
"That's the thing you wanna hit," Trump said at a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The Biden-Harris administration has been largely supportive of Israel, though the White House has spoken out against the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) recent military operations. Earlier this month, President Biden demanded a ceasefire shortly before Israel invaded Lebanon.
During a CNN town hall last week, Harris dodged Anderson Cooper's question about whether she was more "pro-Israel" than her Republican opponent.
"I believe that Donald Trump is dangerous," Harris said, not addressing the question. "I believe that when you have a president of the United States who has said to his generals who worked for him because he is Commander in Chief — these conversations, I assume, many of them took place in the Oval Office — if the president of the United States, the Commander in Chief, is saying to his generals, in essence, 'Why can't you be more like Hitler's generals?' Anderson, come on."
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