Netanyahu must now work for support of US as Trump tires of Israel’s war in Gaza

<p>The US president will not visit Israel on a trip to the Middle East and his envoy has reportedly said Netanyahu’s government is drawing out the war</p><p>Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff didn’t mince his words. In a meeting late on Sunday with former hostages and relatives of those still held in Gaza, he told them Israel is drawing out a war the US wants to end, local media reported.</p><p>On the eve of the release of Edan Alexander, the last living American being held by Hamas, Witkoff spelt out the gulf between his boss and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/netanyahu-must-now-work-for-support-of-us-as-trump-tires-of-israel-war-in-gaza">Continue reading...</a>