Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
On February 4, President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, the first foreign leader to visit the White House during Trump's second term.
Earlier this month Donald Trump stood next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and announced that the United States would take over Gaza. The Palestinians who live there, he explained, would be sent to Jordan and Egypt. He went on to describe a vision of the war-torn land being transformed into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
Since then, Trump has stood by his comments about the U.S. taking ownership of Gaza, much to the shock of leaders around the world, and even those in his own party.
This comes at a time when the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is at risk of falling apart.
Aaron David Miller is a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He says Trump’s proposal doesn’t need to be implemented to have an effect. “The idea alone has already undermined the Israel-Hamas agreement.”
Miller joins Diane on this week’s episode of On My Mind.
Guests
- Aaron David Miller Senior fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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