From The Hartman Institute Promoted Podcast

Prime Minister Trump

Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi react to President Trump’s call to purportedly “empty out Gaza” and address the discourse in Israel that allows Trump to call the shots

At the entrance to a Tel Aviv conference entitled 'Opportunities for Israel under Trump,' in Tel Aviv. January 28, 2025. (Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Many Israelis are grateful to the Trump administration for pushing forward the hostage deal, but an unsettling reality seems to be taking hold. Has Netanyahu become subservient to the returning US president, even at the expense of his own coalition? As media outlets across Israel are abuzz with the “Trump Plan” for Palestinians in Gaza, some question whether Israel has relinquished its sovereignty and moral fortitude to the whims of America’s new leader.

In this episode, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi react to the President Trump’s call to purportedly “empty out Gaza” and discuss the moral and political discourse in Israel — or lack thereof — that has allowed him to call the shots.

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