Netanyahu Agrees to the Second Phase of Gaza Agreement and Trump Demands Changes to West Bank Policies

According to two informed sources, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to proceed with the second phase of the Gaza agreement, while US President Donald Trump and his senior advisors have demanded changes to Israel's policies in the occupied West Bank.

The US administration sees that the violent escalation in the West Bank could undermine the implementation of the peace agreement in Gaza and hinder efforts to expand the Abraham Accords for normalization before the end of Trump's term.

The US message emphasized that changing course in the West Bank is necessary to repair Israel's relations with European countries and to enhance opportunities for expanding normalization agreements.

The report also quoted one of the sources as saying that Netanyahu spoke strongly against settler violence and expressed readiness to take further measures.

Since the start of the genocide war in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have killed more than 1,103 Palestinians and injured about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

It stated that Netanyahu agreed to proceed with the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, despite his disagreements with the Trump team on its implementation mechanisms, and also accepted the US president's request to resume talks with the Syrian government regarding a potential security agreement.

On October 10th last year, the first phase of the ceasefire agreement came into effect, while Israel violated some of its provisions and delayed the transition to the second phase, citing the remaining body of one of its soldiers in Gaza captivity, despite the Palestinian factions continuing their search for him amid the massive destruction caused by the Israeli genocide.

The agreement was supposed to end a collective genocide committed by the Israeli occupation army over two years starting from October 7, 2023, which resulted in about 71,000 martyrs and more than 171,000 injured Palestinians, most of them children and women, but Israel continues its violations and suffocating blockade on the sector to this day.