If Trump really wants to end Israel’s Gaza War, cutting off American weapons to Israel would do the trick. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Israeli media has revealed that in a Monday phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump told the Israeli leader that he must permanently end the war in Gaza.
Trump is said to have conveyed that the conflict should end “the sooner the better”; however, there’s been no indication that Trump is willing to use the major leverage he has of cutting off US military aid to enforce this.
The Israeli military is heavily reliant on American weapons for the war’s execution, as well as maintaining readiness against other regional threats like the Houthis out of Yemen or Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The phone call reportedly involved Trump conveying that bringing an end to Gaza operations would help him in nuclear negotiations with Iran, as well as achieving Saudi-Israeli normalization based on the Abraham Accords. These negotiations have been growing tougher, specifically over the question of if the Iranians can maintain any uranium enrichment at all.
In reference to reporting in Israel’s Kan public broadcaster and Channel 12, “Trump also ruled out an attack on Iran as the White House seeks to rein in Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, according to the reports.”
How many senators and congressmen does Bibi own?
Now how many does Trump own.
Honk, honk.