Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) participate in a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
US President Donald Trump says the Arab and Muslim countries “are going to be dealing with Hamas,” adding “that they probably already have an understanding. They haven’t maybe mentioned that, but I imagine they do, otherwise they wouldn’t have gotten as far as they’ve gotten.”
“If they’re unable to do so,” he continues, “then Israel would have the absolute right and actually our full backing… Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas.”
Hamas is the “only one left” that has not accepted the deal, says Trump, “but I have a feeling we’re going to have a positive answer.”
“If not, Bibi, you know you’d have our full back to do what you have to do,” Trump says to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He says the danger in the region is posed by Hamas: “The tyranny of terror has to end and this is again something that we are looking for. This is eternity.”
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