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Friday, August 16, 2024
Trump says he hasn’t spoken to PM since they met, urges Israel ‘to get it over with fast’ in Gaza
Former US president Donald Trump says he hasn’t spoken to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since they met last month at his Mar-a-Lago golf club in Florida.
“I expect I might be talking to him, but I haven’t since then,” Trump says during a press conference at another of his golf resorts in New Jersey.
Axios reported that the two spoke yesterday about the hostage deal being negotiated between Israel and Hamas, but the premier’s office subsequently issued a statement denying the call took place.
Asked if he encouraged Netanyahu not to take a ceasefire deal, Trump says he did not.
“I did encourage him to get this over with. You want to get it over with fast. Have victory, get your victory, and get it over with. It has to stop, the killing has to stop,” Trump says.
The Times of Israel Community.