Donald Trump is preparing to visit the Middle East after helping broker what could be a historic peace agreement between Israel and Hamas that would end the war in Gaza. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the turning point that led to the deal, and the likelihood that it holds.
“Trump is the person who made this come together,” Jonathan Karl, the chief Washington correspondent for ABC News, argued last night. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has built his entire political career on being the person who knows American politics,” Karl added. But as American support for Israel has shifted, Netanyahu knows that “he needs the United States more than anything; Europe can all go in another direction, but he fundamentally needs American support. So when Trump pressures him, it certainly matters.”
Joining guest moderator Vivian Salama, a staff writer at The Atlantic, to discuss this more: Nancy Cordes, the chief White House correspondent at CBS News; David Ignatius, a foreign-affairs columnist at The Washington Post; Jonathan Karl, the chief Washington correspondent for ABC News; and Mark Mazzetti, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times.
Watch the full episode here.
