From hostages to U.S. takeover: Trump moved the Gaza goalposts and gifted Netanyahu a political lifeline
Ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's landmark meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the vast majority of the focus was placed on how much pressure the re-elected American leader would exert on Netanyahu to see through the cease-fire deal and secure the release of the remaining hostages.
All of that went out the window after Trump quickly shifted the goalposts from focusing on the hostages to calling for a U.S. takeover of Gaza backed by the permanent displacement of every Palestinian in Gaza.
This very notion would have boggled the mind as recently as two weeks ago, though this is the latest example of the breakneck news cycle putting previously unimaginable circumstances into the universe.
