Trump and Netanyahu: A Show in the Shadow of War

Baha Rahal

Netanyahu returned from Washington after holding three meetings described as important with President Trump at the White House. Observers believed these meetings would lead to an end to the war and genocide, a halt to the slaughter, an end to the unjust blockade, and the entry of urgent food and medical aid. However, the situation went against all expectations, and the chapters of the war continued with their brutality. The only exceptions from that visit were Trump's usual statements, which take on a propaganda form that has become a well-known feature of all his statements and the prevailing acrobatic style that he presents to the media.
Trump's meeting with Netanyahu at the White House was a charade, especially as they expressed gratitude and affection to each other. Netanyahu then came out with Trump's nomination paper for the Nobel Prize, followed by Trump's amazement, as he expressed his surprise at the situation and said he had no idea. This is also part of Trump's propaganda for himself. Netanyahu, meanwhile, laughed, finding a welcome in the White House that he had never received before in the Knesset, or in any other forum.
Despite the chaotic image of the Trump-Netanyahu meetings, the outcomes of these three meetings remained hidden from the media. They did not result in a ceasefire in Gaza, nor did they offer solutions to numerous other issues on the Arab and regional levels, nor did they reveal the fates and tragedies the two leaders agreed upon for the entire region.
This ambiguity is cause for concern. Not enough information has emerged about what they agreed upon, nor what transpired during the meetings, which took a different form, away from the press and the usual statements from President Trump. This raises many questions about what transpired in those meetings.
The foolish show that pervaded the meetings, especially regarding the charade of Trump's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, expresses the height of absurdity. It also represents Trump's indifference to the issue of the massacres committed against innocent people in Gaza, and the ongoing death and hunger. It also demonstrates his complete approval of everything happening by the Trump administration, which has repeatedly expressed its admiration for a figure who has committed the most heinous wars of genocide in modern history, like Netanyahu.
Amid all this, while negotiations stagnate in the Qatari capital, Doha, the carnage and death continue in Gaza, and people are waiting every second for an agreement in shelters and displacement tents, without food, drink, or nourishment, with no choice but to wait.