{"id":1535792,"date":"2025-05-13T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1535792"},"modified":"2025-05-13T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:10:00","slug":"netanyahu-blasts-media-spin-says-trump-ties-excellent-dispatches-hostage-negotiators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/netanyahu-blasts-media-spin-says-trump-ties-excellent-dispatches-hostage-negotiators\/1535792\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Blasts Media ‘Spin’, Says Trump Ties ‘Excellent’ – Dispatches Hostage Negotiators\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netanyahu Blasts Media ‘Spin’, Says Trump Ties ‘Excellent’ – Dispatches Hostage Negotiators\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via The Cradle<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0on Monday that he has approved a negotiating delegation to travel to Qatar on Tuesday to participate in US-led prisoner exchange talks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The decision was announced after the embattled premier met with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Ambassador Mike Huckabee earlier in the day and spoke over the phone with US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“I thanked President Trump for his assistance in the release of IDF soldier Edan Alexander. President Trump, for his part, reiterated his commitment to Israel and his desire to continue close cooperation with me<\/strong>,” Netanyahu wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

“In my meeting with Envoy Witkoff and Ambassador Huckabee, we discussed the last-ditch effort to implement the outline for the release of the hostages presented by Witkoff, before the fighting escalates. To this end, I have instructed that a negotiating delegation be sent to Doha tomorrow,” Netanyahu added.<\/p>\n

He also said he had informed his US allies “that negotiations would only take place under fire.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Netanyahu’s announcement came a few hours after he rejected reports that a\u00a0rift<\/a>\u00a0exists between him and Trump, calling his relationship with the US president “excellent<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“These spins<\/strong> \u2013 most of them are born here [in Israel.] They\u2019re born in a certain media outlet that\u2019s trying to promote a certain candidate. And in order to promote him, they need to say: ‘Trump and Netanyahu are no longer,’<\/em><\/strong>” Netanyahu said in a video posted on his X account.<\/p>\n

Edan Alexander\u2019s mom takes the phone from White House envoy @SteveWitkoff<\/a> and speaks to her son after he was released. Watch herepic.twitter.com\/VhGKCRJZ9y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

This comes as Israeli-US captive Edan Alexander was released by Hamas on Monday evening. Officials from Washington reportedly informed Tel Aviv that his release will kickstart a new round of prisoner exchange talks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alexander’s release reportedly prompted a partial stop in Israeli army operations inside Gaza.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Over 550 retired senior Israeli security officials\u2014including the former Head of Mossad, former Head of the Shin Bet, and former Deputy Chief of the Israeli army\u2014have sent a letter to President Trump urging him not to listen to Netanyahu on the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

They\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/91JxpeG6qn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

“A significant number of military operations have indeed been halted. There are no airstrikes in Gaza, aside from a few attacks, and no drone reconnaissance flights over the Gaza Strip,” Israeli Army Radio had reported Monday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 05\/13\/2025 – 09:10<\/span><\/p>\n

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