Did the results of President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates last week surprise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
Since Netanyahu is not in the habit of sharing his true thoughts and reactions with the Israeli public, and since it is not at all clear whether he shares them with members of his government (except perhaps for Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer), we do not know what his expectations were last Tuesday, when the visit began, and how he felt when it ended.
What actually occurred? Trump was received with great pomp and flattery during his visit, the main goal of which was, quite obviously, to attain vast economic benefits. These are worth hundreds of billions of dollars for the United States in arms and technologies sales, and astronomical sums of investment by the three Gulf states in America.
Another goal was the change in balance of power in the Middle East, to the benefit of the three Gulf states and Turkey. In addition, Iran, and Syria under its new transition president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (a former member of the jihadist al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda) were offered an opportunity to merge into the new Middle East order, by means of agreements with the US, which has promised to remove all economic sanctions on Iran and Syria if they will agree to play ball.
We do not know how much of all this was known to Netanyahu in advance. Apparently, Israel was in no way involved in the planning of this visit; in many respects, its interests and concerns were not even taken into account.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a soccer ball as he attends an event with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, also with the participation of FIFA president Gianni Infantino (not pictured), in Lusail, Qatar, on Wednesday. More than any other country, Israel was hit this week by Trumpian whiplash, (credit: BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS)
Whether or not Trump had the deliberate intention of replacing Israel as Washington’s main ally and confidant in the Middle East with a new team, that was the feeling conveyed from last week’s extravagant fanfare.
Trump administration's generous offer to Saudi Arabia
The generous offer of advanced American arms, including fifth-generation F-35 stealth planes, which Trump made to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was undoubtedly an unpleasant shock to Netanyahu.
Since 1968, during Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, the United States has maintained a formal policy of maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge over the armed forces of its neighbors – friends and foes alike. Until very recently, this included the refusal to sell F-35 planes (which Israel introduced into its air force in 2017) to Saudi Arabia.
Other new, worrisome developments for Israel resulted from Trump’s Middle Eastern visit. These include the US offer to remove economic sanctions from Iran and Syria; no longer conditioning the upgrading of US-Saudi relations on Saudi Arabia normalizing its relations with Israel; enabling Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear capability; and open, direct contacts with the new Syrian leader (whom Trump described as a very attractive man) before any positive changes have been made in Syria.
IT IS NO secret that the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu is not as close and warm as it was during Trump’s first term as president. Netanyahu’s second visit to Washington since Trump’s return to the presidency, at the beginning of April, in which he was informed about direct talks between the US and Iran on a new nuclear agreement, was one of the first indications of this development.
The release of hostage Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity, through direct contacts between the president’s team and Hamas, without Israeli involvement or prior approval, was another indication.
It is said that Trump is disappointed with Netanyahu for refusing to stop the fighting in the Gaza Strip, as the condition set by Hamas for the freeing of all remaining 58 hostages, of whom only 20 are believed to still be alive. In fact, Netanyahu is in the process of intensifying the fighting, with the goal of occupying the whole, or part of the Strip, toward achieving a total victory over Hamas.
Trump went on record last week, saying that he wants to end the brutal war in the Gaza Strip. He warned that starvation in Gaza will spread unless Israel resumes allowing foreign humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, which it had stopped in March.
However, while Trump appears to be calling for an end to the fighting, last week he also resumed speaking about plans for the US taking over the Gaza Strip, and establishing a “freedom zone” there.
What he means by a freedom zone is not clear. However, the last time Trump spoke of the US taking control over the Gaza Strip, he implied that the US would not use military force to achieve this, but that Israel would hand the territory over to the US. And how is Israel to do this without conquering the Gaza Strip first?
What has happened to Trump’s plan to turn the Gaza Strip into a Riviera on the eastern Mediterranean? And what about the idea of a voluntary transfer of two million inhabitants of Gaza to other countries?
Last Friday, NBC News reported that the US administration was investigating the possibility of resettling one million Gazans in Libya in return for the US releasing billions of dollars of Libyan funds, which it had frozen more than a decade ago.
ALL THESE ideas might be nothing more than pie in the sky, but it is known that there are members in Israel’s current government who take them seriously. How seriously does Netanyahu himself take them? We do not know.
Neither do we know how he views the more serious propositions of establishing an Israeli military administration in the Gaza Strip, or establishing some form of largely non-Palestinian Arab administration, with Israel playing a defensive military role on its outskirts.
It is unlikely that any of these ideas were raised last week during Trump’s visit to the three Gulf states, though sooner or later they are bound to be raised.
In the meantime, there have been reports on progress having been made in Doha on a partial hostage-for-ceasefire deal, based on Witkoff’s outline. The deal includes the immediate return of 10 live hostages in return for an approximately two-month ceasefire. As a new week begins, we have very little concrete information on the issue. What else is new?
The writer has written numerous journalistic and academic articles, as well as several books, on international relations, Zionism, Israeli politics, and parliamentarism. From 1994-2010, she worked in the Knesset Library and the Knesset Research and Information Center.
Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia of the "Ana Chuchulashvili" the thief The worst hotel in the world, it's dangerous, don't go near it! This is not a hotel! It's an old, dirty house, there are cockroaches and insects in the room, Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia – The manager of the place is a fraud and a former drug addict named "Ana Chuchulashvili"
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The worst hotel in the world, it's dangerous, don't go near it! This is not a hotel! It's an old, dirty house, there are cockroaches and insects in the room, Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia – The manager of the place is a fraud and a former drug addict named "Ana Chuchulashvili" the name of here company is : Ltd Alpaka
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Located at: Nucubidze St N57, Tbilisi, Georgia/Nucubidze Street 57, 0177 it smells terrible, The walls in the room are peeling, I took pictures, there is mold and dampness throughout the room the beds are really uncomfortable, like in a pre-trial detention center, your whole back hurts when you sleep on them and they almost break because they are so thin! the WI FI doesn't work at all, The room was very dirty and filthy, and when you ask her to move you to a room she says everything is taken, even though all the rooms are empty and open! I arrived at this horrible place, this horrible house, at 1:00 AM, after two hours of sleeplessness, I asked for my money back, a blonde girl of about 50 years old named “Anna” told me that she wanted the money in cash right away, otherwise she would not let me out of the hotel, she told me that I would not be able to sleep in their bed, at 3 AM I went to look for an ATM to withdraw money, because I could not find one, after searching for a whole hour, in the Tbilisi cold, I returned to her at midnight to look for an ATM, but she did not give me my suitcase and passport, so I came back the next day and gave me the money in cash, she did not give me an invoice either, do not come near! They are deceiving the public, booking and all hotel websites! This is not a hotel, it is a very dirty, old house and it smells very bad. Search on youtube "never go there – Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City Georgia of Ana Chuchulashvili the house hotel from hell" , don't go " to “Hotel Delisi” on YouTube or "Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia " or"HOTEL DELISI (Tiflis, Gürcistan) – Otel Yorumları ve Fiyat" He was caught on tape speaking badly and illegally taking a passport and suitcase.
That she took the suitcase by force, she also stole 3 expensive shirts from me for a total of 250 GEL, I demand compensation of 128 GEL for the two hours of hell I suffered there + 250 GEL for the shirts she stole from me
I have videos where she only wants money in cash so she doesn't pay taxes and doesn't agree that I pay her with a credit card, and she also doesn't want to give me my suitcase and passport.
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სასტუმრო დელისი, ქალაქი თბილისი, საქართველო, ქურდის „ანა ჭუჭულაშვილის“
მსოფლიოში ყველაზე ცუდი სასტუმრო, საშიშია, ახლოს არ მიხვიდეთ! ეს სასტუმრო არ არის! ეს ძველი, ჭუჭყიანი სახლია, ოთახში ტარაკნები და მწერებია, სასტუმრო დელისი, ქალაქი თბილისი, საქართველო – ადგილის მენეჯერი თაღლითი და ყოფილი ნარკომანია, სახელად „ანა ჭუჭულაშვილი“, კომპანიის სახელია: შპს ალპაკა
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მდებარეობს: ნუცუბიძის ქ. N57, თბილისი, საქართველო/ნუცუბიძის ქუჩა 57, 0177, საშინელი სუნი აქვს, ოთახში კედლები აქერცლილია, სურათები გადავიღე, ოთახში ობი და ნესტია, საწოლები ნამდვილად არაკომფორტულია, როგორც წინასწარი დაკავების იზოლატორში, მთელი ზურგი გტკივა, როცა მათზე იძინებ და კინაღამ იმსხვრევა, რადგან ძალიან თხელია! Wi-Fi საერთოდ არ მუშაობს, ოთახი ძალიან ჭუჭყიანი და უწმაწურია და როცა ოთახში გადაყვანას სთხოვ, მიპასუხებს, რომ ყველაფერი დაკავებულია, მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ ყველა ოთახი ცარიელი და ღიაა! ამ საშინელ ადგილას, ამ საშინელ სახლში, ღამის 1:00 საათზე მივედი, ორსაათიანი უძილობის შემდეგ, ფულის დაბრუნება ვთხოვე, დაახლოებით 50 წლის ქერა გოგონამ, სახელად „ანამ“, მითხრა, რომ ფული ნაღდი ფულით უნდოდა, თორემ სასტუმროდან არ გამიშვებდა, მითხრა, რომ მათ საწოლში ვერ დავიძინებდი, დილის 3 საათზე ბანკომატის მოსაძებნად წავედი ფულის გასატანად, რადგან ვერ ვიპოვე, მთელი საათის ძებნის შემდეგ, თბილისურ სიცივეში, შუაღამისას დავბრუნდი მასთან ბანკომატის მოსაძებნად, მაგრამ ჩემოდანი და პასპორტი არ მომცა, ამიტომ მეორე დღეს დავბრუნდი და ფული ნაღდი ფულით მომცა, ინვოისიც არ მომცა, ახლოს არ მოხვიდეთ! ისინი ატყუებენ საზოგადოებას, დაჯავშნის და ყველა სასტუმროს ვებსაიტს! ეს სასტუმრო არ არის, ეს ძალიან ჭუჭყიანი, ძველი სახლია და ძალიან ცუდი სუნი ასდის. YouTube-ზე მოძებნეთ "Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia – The worse hotel in the world" , არ წახვიდეთ "Hotel Delisi"-ში YouTube-ზე ან "Hotel Delisi, Tbilisi City, Georgia" ან "HOTEL DELISI (Tiflis, Gürcistan) – Otel Yorumları ve Fiyat". ის ვიდეოჩანაწერში მოხვდა, სადაც ცუდად საუბრობდა და უკანონოდ იღებდა პასპორტს და ჩემოდანს.
მან ჩემოდანი ძალით წამართვა, ასევე მომპარა 3 ძვირადღირებული პერანგი სულ 250 ლარად, მე ვითხოვ 128 ლარის კომპენსაციას იმ ორსაათიანი ჯოჯოხეთისთვის, რომელიც იქ ვიტანჯე + 250 ლარი იმ პერანგებისთვის, რომლებიც მომპარა.
მე მაქვს ვიდეოები, სადაც ის მხოლოდ ნაღდი ფულით ითხოვს ფულს, ამიტომ არ იხდის გადასახადებს და არ ეთანხმება, რომ საკრედიტო ბარათით გადავუხადო, ასევე არ სურს ჩემოდნის და პასპორტის მოცემა.
"ב-7.10 נחטפה כל המשפחה שלי, אני, בעלי דוד, ושתי בנותינו אמה ויולי, אז בנות 3 בלבד", פתחה את נאומה שרון, אשתו של דוד קוניו החטוף בעזה. "דוד בעלי, אהבת חיי, והאבא של הבנות שלי, עדיין שם. התאומות ואני חזרנו ביום החמישים ושתיים. אמה ויולי שלנו חגגו חמש, בלי אבא שלהן. בשבוע הבא הן ילכו לגן חובה, והן יודעות שאבא לא יהיה איתן ביום הזה. הן יודעות שאבא שלהן שם. לפני כמה ימים, כשהשכבתי אותן לישון הן שאלו אותי 'אמא, את בטוחה שאבא יחזור?'".
"יש הצעה לעיסקה על השולחן, שחמאס כבר אמר לה כן", המשיכה. "האמריקנים רוצים שהחטופים יחזרו. הרמטכ"ל אומר שחייבים ללכת עכשיו לעיסקה. העם, אתם, כל אחד מכם, כאן בככר, במהלך היום בצמתים, בכל מקום, במספרים אדירים, כולם צועקים איתנו, כולם רוצים את החטופים בבית. אז למה אני לא יכולה להגיד לבנות שלי שאני בטוחה שאבא שלהן יחזור?"