President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House on June 21, 2025. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)
“Netanyahu is walking a very fine line with President Trump. If he continues like this, he will eventually f*** up the agreement, and if he f*** up the agreement, Donald Trump will f*** him,” a US official reportedly said.
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
US confidence in Israel’s commitment to the Gaza ceasefire and postwar framework appears to be waning, despite President Donald Trump’s public assurances that Jerusalem is adhering to the plan, according to a report by POLITICO.
Frustration within the White House has mounted following Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza earlier in the week—launched after two IDF soldiers were killed by Hamas terrorists—and over the Knesset’s first reading of two bills aimed at annexing parts of Judea and Samaria.
American officials reportedly viewed both developments as jeopardizing the fragile truce and the broader diplomatic effort led by Trump’s administration.
Israeli news site N12 reported that a US official used foul language in expressing growing US frustration.
“[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is walking a very fine line with President Trump. If he continues like this, he will eventually f*** up the agreement, and if he f*** up the agreement, Donald Trump will f*** him,” the official said.
US Vice President J.D. Vance, during a meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, delivered what sources described as a “firm message” from the president to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging Israel to exercise restraint.
Israeli officials had assured Washington that any response to the Hamas attack would be limited, yet the media sites reported Hamas claims that dozens were killed.
One senior US official was quoted as telling an Arab ally that “Israel was out of control.”
The Knesset’s preliminary approval of two sovereignty bills—one proposing full annexation of Judea and Samaria and another focused on Ma’ale Adumim—added to the tension.
Netanyahu’s coalition abstained from the votes, and his office later condemned the measures as a “deliberate provocation” intended to embarrass the government during Vance’s visit.
Netanyahu subsequently issued a statement in English reaffirming his opposition to advancing annexation legislation.
In a Time magazine interview, President Trump downplayed the bills, saying Israel was “behaving very nicely” and assuring that no annexation would occur.
He warned, however, that annexing Judea and Samaria would cost Israel US support. “You can’t fight the world,” he said. “Israel is small compared to the world.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, and Vice President Vance have all spoken out against annexation, with Vance calling the Knesset vote “a stupid political stunt.”
The message from Washington, according to officials familiar with the discussions, is that progress on Trump’s Gaza plan depends on Israel maintaining both the ceasefire and its current territorial status.
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