Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly gifted Donald Trump a golden pager, a symbolic reference to the covert operation that turned Hezbollah devices into lethal explosives in a bloody attack last year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to “take over” Gaza, as his defense minister instructed the Israeli military to draw up a plan to would enable the “voluntary departure” of Palestinian residents in Gaza.

The president refused to back down from his proposal for the U.S. to oversee the war-ravaged coastal enclave — and send the Palestinians who live there somewhere else.

President Donald Trump’s plan to seek U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and move out its population has found a sympathetic ear in Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he was committed to peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia and that he believed he would succeed in achieving that goal.

Saudi Arabia said it would not establish ties with Israel unless a Palestinian state is created, contradicting a suggestion from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Saudi Arabia will not establish formal relations with Israel unless Palestine is recognised as an independent state, it has announced.