Tel Aviv-as President Donald Trump concluded his high-risk tour of Medio East on Friday, many media portrayed his decision to avoid Israel as evidence of a crack with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, while Air Force One did not land in Israel, experts say that Trump’s visit to advanced policies that are closely align with Israeli interests and presented a strategic opportunity that Jerusalem has not yet taken advantage of.
Avner Golov, vice president of Mind Israel and former senior director of the National Security Council of Israel, told Fox News Digital: “Israel sees that a massive wave approaches to sweep the Middle East, a wave of impulse and changes it.”
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President Donald J. Trump, on the left, and the Saudi heir prince Mohammed Bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting in the Royal Saudi court on May 13, 2025 in Riad, Saudi Arabia. (Photo of Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Through the visit, Trump emphasized the points that directly reflect Israeli priorities. On Tuesday, he condemned Hamas attacks on October 7, asked that Saudi Arabia join Abraham’s agreements and warned Iran about his nuclear ambitions. On Wednesday, Hey extended the standardization initiative to Syria.
When asked aboard Air Force One to jump to Israel, Trump said: “This is good for Israel. Having a relationship like I have with the thesis countries … I think it’s very good.”
In Doha on Thursday, Trump went further, saying: “I want to see [Gaza] Be a freedom zone. And if necessary, I think it would be proud that the United States have it, take it, make it a zone of freedom. “
According to two Arab officials cited by The Times of Israel, the special envoy of the United States to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told the mediators in Doha that Washington does not intend to pressure Israel to finish the war in Gaza, aligning the firm of Netyahuu.
On Friday, President Trump was asked in an interview with Fox News chief political host, Bret Baier in a special report, if he was frustrated with Netanyahu. Trump replied: “No, look, he has a difficult situation. You have to remember that there was a October 7 that everyone forgets, it was one of the most violent days in the history of the world.
The troops of the Israel Defense Forces resurface the Gaza Strip after the collapse of Alto El Fuego. (IDF)
A reading published Thursday by the State Department of a call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Netanyahu also showed continuous support to the Jewish State.
“The secretary emphasized the deep commitment of the United States with his historical relationship with Israel and the support of the United States in Israeli security,” and added that “the secretary and prime minister discussed Syria after the historical meeting of President Trump, the Saudi president, Ahmed al-Sharaaa. His mutual commitment to make sure they will never possess a nuclear weapon.”
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The main political correspondent on Channel 12, Amit Segal Segal, told Fox News Digital: “There is an uncomfortable experience from an Israeli perspective to see Air Force One flying over us on its way to the countries, part of what are hostile and semi-hostile, semi-hostil, semi-host, semi-shel semi-hostil, semi-hostile, semi-hostil, semi-hostile, semi-hostile, semi-host, semi-hostile.
“But this is not personal. It’s not about Netanyahu and Trump,” Segal added. “Trump has full support for Israel, but when US interests are first, he acts accordingly. It is first in the United States.”
Dan Senor, presenter of the “Call Me Back” podcast and a former state department official, agreed that despite the tension of the headline suggestion, Policy tells a different story.
“There is always noise in the press,” Senor told Dana Perino, Co-Surrio or “America’s Newsroom” of Fox News Channel. “But politics is at this time very strong. We are seeing maximum pressure on Iran, without public criticism or Israel, even the ashes or Israeli tanks are placed near Gaza.”
President Donald Trump, Centro, meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riad, Saudi Arabia, on May 14, 2025. (Saudi press agency/brochure through Reuters)
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“What I found problematic in the past administrations, especially under Obama, was when private criticisms became public,” said Senor. “That cools to others a green light to stack on Israel. This administration, even if you don’t agree, it does not transmit it. And that is important.”
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Tamir Haiman, former head of Israel’s military intelligence and now director of the National Security Studies Institute, said the Israeli government was afraid to be unsuspecting.
“This is a player so strong that sometimes, without having the intention, he can throw a small player from the field, like a giant who is turning and accidentally knocked out someone out of his way with his shoulder,” Haiman told Fox News Digital.
However, he emphasized that development in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Syria are not inherently bad for Israel, unless the government does not act.
“The lost opportunity here is huge,” he said. “There were two Major Levers Israel Had – Israeli Consent to US Arms deals with Saudi Arabia and American Consent to Lifting Sanctions on Syria. Bo Could Have Been Usraeli Interests: Normalization Syrows Aabia and Reure and Reure And Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reure and Reurre Jihadist. [Israel] Lost both. “
President Donald Trump, on the left, is presented with the order of Zayed, the highest civil distinction of the EAU, by the president of the Eau Mohammed Bin Zayed al Nahyan on Thursday, May 15 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Alex Brandon)
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The emergency feeling grew last week when Trump abruptly stopped US air attacks on the hutis backed by Iran only a few days later, a missile landed near Ben Gurion airport. Soon they followed the reports that Washington had withdrawn its demand for Israeli-Saudita normalization as a previous requirement for an American nuclear strategic objective-Saudi, a strategic goal that has long defends Netyahu.
Reuters then confirmed the change. Meanwhile, Saudi officials made it clear that progress in the Palestinian issue remains a prerequisite for any nuclear agreement, something seen as unlikely while the war in Gaza continues.
“After Saudi history, where we were thrown under the bus, I said we need to stop and investigate,” said Haiman. “We should say that they are the president’s whims. We need to ask,” What do you deepen? What needs to change? “I’m not sure they do it.”
The most acute potential crack remains Iran. Jerusalem sees a tehran with nuclear weapons as an existential threat. Haiman calls this “a historical window” to stop it, by force if necessary. “The American interest is to finish wars, not enter them, and seal a better treatment than Obama,” said a diplomatic track followed on Israel’s head could soon limit Israeli military options.
Edan Alexander meets with his extended family after his release. (IDF)
The release of the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, 21, released after the direct conversations between Washington, Qatar and Hamas, added some fears that Jerusalem was marginalized. Israel only played a logistics role.
Within Israel, Gaza’s War continues to divide the strategists about whether to continue pressing Hamas or stop the war for a hostage agreement. Haiman called the current “fight, treatment, fight” rhythm “boiling the frog”, but acknowledges that without a hostage agreement now, the 21 live hostages could not survive.
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Golov believes that it is time for Israel to stop reacting and begin to shape the events. Jerusalem urged to promote Washington to demand that “Qatar must stop financing Hamas, stop Al Jazeera’s incitement and pay a price to interfere within Israel.” Israel, argued, does not have the influence to do it alone.
“It must be anchored in a regional bloc, with the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, which are so terrified by a resurgence of Hood Muslim Brother Hood.” To get there, he said, Israel must rise aboard the wave that Trump has already launched.
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