U.S pressure on israeli government stake for netanyahu are high

Trump aims to expand abraham accords with ceasefire momentum.

Gaza ceasefire forced israeli prime minister Benjamin netanyahu into a tight spot – between a new U.S president promising peace and far-right allies who want war to resume. Tensions is likely to increase.

The clock is ticking

One of the nationalist allies has already quit the government over gaza ceasefire and another is threatening to follow unless war om hamas is resumed at an even greater force than that which devasted much of gaza for 15 month.

Former minister of National security (Itamar ben gvir) quit the government on Sunday and finance minister (Bezalel smotrich) said that he will stay in government only if war resumes after the first phase until the total defeat of hamas.

Trump administration

Trumps middle east envoy steve witkoff, however said on wednesday he was focused on ensuring the deal moves from first to second phase, which include complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza.

Witkoff told fox news on Wednesday that he will be on ground overseeing the ceasefire, a signal that he will keep the pressure he applied during the negotiations.

According to six U.S, Israeli, Egyptian and mideast officials witkoff played crucial role in getting the deal done.

Saudi Arabia

Trump said on monday he sees saudi arabia joining.

But that cannot happen if war in gaza is raging, said EYAL HULATA, who headed israeli national security council from 2021,2023.

If gaza war does not end, it is impossible to make progress with saudi arabia. And president trump really wants to complete the expansion of normalization. It is high on his foreign agenda.