July 1, 2025 • 8 mins
Jordana Miller joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the upcoming visit by Netanyahu to the United States for talks at the White House.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, it's been announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo from
Israel is going to have talks at the White House
with President Trump after the holiday weekend. So what are
they expected to talk about and will there be a
big announcement. Let's talk to Jordana Miller. ABC News corresponded
in Jerusalem. She'll be there one in just one second.
(00:23):
Every once in a while, we have a problem with
the connection in Israel. But I would think since they've
been talking so much about the Abraham Accords and Benjamin
Netanyaho's not just going to come here unless they're going
to take a victory lap over what happened in Iran,
that the Abraham Accords may come up. So let's now
talk to Jordana Miller. ABC News corresponded in Jerusalem. Jordana,
(00:48):
ahead of this meeting, what are the expectations do we know?
Is there going to be an announcement?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Well, the Israeli Prime Minister has not made a detailed
public statement, but he shirts seems to be strongly hinting
that when he meets with the President next week, and
he said he's going next week. We've confirmed the meeting
is Monday with President Trump, but the Prime Minister hasn't
said that. He said he's heading to Washington next week
(01:17):
and that he's going to try to capitalize on what
he calls the victory against Iran, and that is likely
to take the form of advancing the Abraham Accords, that
regional peace, that circle of peace, as the Prime Minister
likes to call it, trying to bring in new countries,
(01:39):
and the one that we're hearing a lot about through
sources is Syria. Right, this wouldn't be a peace deal
with Syria, but it would be a non belligerent pact, right,
a treaty where Israel and Syria would agree not to
attack each other and they would lay out certain parameters,
(02:03):
and that would be a predecessor to a peace deal, right,
because there's still the issue of the Golan Heights, which
is contested, and I don't think the sides they're going
to be able to come to an agreement on that
in the coming weeks. It's just not enough time, right,
And this government in Syria is trying to establish itself
(02:24):
and has a lot of work to do. But even
a non belligerency pack would be really a step forward.
And then of course the issue of Gaza. We know
that the President wants to end the war in Gaza.
The Israeli Prime Minister appears to be indicating he too
wants to get a deal that will bring the hostages
(02:45):
home and end the war. And the only question is,
you know, how are they going to make that happen
when Hamas wants to definitively end the war right and
until now, Azel has been unwilling to agree to that
and a full withdrawal of every Israeli true from godsen soil,
(03:06):
and the Israelis have refused to do that too. So
there's going to have to be some pressure put on
both sides by President Trump to get a deal. But
Nataia is no dummy. He's looking forward. He knows that
the Israeli election cycle is coming up, right, He may
even go to it a bit early. He wants to
(03:28):
ride the wave of this victory over Iran, and he
doesn't want to get bogged down and all the bad
news and piling up of deaths of soldiers and the
deteriorating condition of the hostages. Remember there's fifty there, twenty
presumed to be alive, thirty bodies. Natagne doesn't want to
lose his political bump, if you will, from the war,
(03:52):
and so that's a very strong motivating factor for him
to move towards ending the Gaza war. And I think
that's why we're headed in for the first time, a
really good direction which I think will yield something on
the Gaza front.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Yeah, it's interesting. I've talked to you in the past
about the poll numbers in Israel for Donald Trump and
the poll numbers in Israel for Benjamin Netan Yahoo, and
you always told me Trump is much more popular in
Israel than Netan Yahoo. Has that changed since the strikes
on Iran?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yes, it has changed. Larry Natanielle. In recent polls, the
Coude Party was back up to thirty two to thirty
three seats. I mean, that's almost a full recovery from
before October seventh, his party fell as low as twenty four,
twenty five, twenty six seats. So there's no doubt that
(04:51):
Natanielle has recovered somewhat in the public eye since the
Twelve Day War right against Iran whereas well, really, you know,
they really pummeled Iran in several areas, and nataniel was
able to bring in the help of President Trump, and
(05:14):
that bombing campaign on the fordw Isfahan and the TOMS facilities.
We focus so much on ford Ow, but we forget
the President Trump bombed to other nuclear sites as well,
which were also key to Iran's nuclear program. So Nathaniel
has recovered and he's clearly wants to make the most
(05:37):
of that, you know, to Langston right his stay in office.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Right, it makes so much sense that there'll be an
announcement on Monday. And I know that right now it's
a speculation, but speculation based on your expertise and the
expertise of ABC News that there would be an announcement
about the Abraham Accords. And sy does make a lot
of sense as well because they just normalized the United
States just normalize relations with Syria. That to me, and
(06:09):
you can tell me if I'm wrong about this, that's
a big step forward for the area. The fact that
Syria first of all normalize relations but then is going
to be a part of the Abraham Accords. That's big
for not only Donald Trump. That'll be big for net
and Yahoo. Will it not?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It will? And I think there might be other countries
like Oman Indonesia right who have been kind of silent
partners with Israel over the years, which is often the
case with the original Arab countries that end up going
into peace deals with Israel, It's often preceded by a
(06:49):
decade or more of secret relationships, right, secret ties. That
was the case for the Egyptians, that was the case
with the Jordanians, with the Amaranti, with Baha Rain, with Morocco.
You know, sometimes Israeli officials talk about these connections, these
ties really just going public for the first time, but
(07:10):
ones that have been built over many years. So it
will be a coup for Ntonielle. But I think we
should temper our expectations. Monday, we could hear some joint
talk about jump starting the Gaza cease fire talks, some
(07:32):
breakthrough with the talks, some breakthrough with the Abraham Accords.
I don't know if we're going to actually hear an
announcement of you know, of a deal that's already been
sealed on Monday. That may be too soon, but nonetheless,
even progress towards this and concrete steps and a framework
(07:54):
that would finally allow Nitagnell to come down from the
tree and end the war in God even though Hamas
has not been totally destroyed, which is what he always
vowed to do.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Right.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
He needs an exit ramp as well, so we'll have
to wait and see that. I think, you know, all
the indicators are pointing towards some progress on these two fronts.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Yeah, thank you so much. Jordanah Miller, ABC News correspondent,
She's coming to us from Jerusalem. That would be a
major step forward if Syria became part of the Abraham Accords,
which he By the way, Trump never got enough credit for.
Well, it's been announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo from
Israel is going to have talks at the White House
with President Trump after the holiday weekend. So what are
they expected to talk about and will there be a
big announcement. Let's talk to Jordana Miller. ABC News corresponded
in Jerusalem. She'll be there one in just one second.
(00:23):
Every once in a while, we have a problem with
the connection in Israel. But I would think since they've
been talking so much about the Abraham Accords and Benjamin
Netanyaho's not just going to come here unless they're going
to take a victory lap over what happened in Iran,
that the Abraham Accords may come up. So let's now
talk to Jordana Miller. ABC News corresponded in Jerusalem. Jordana,
(00:48):
ahead of this meeting, what are the expectations do we know?
Is there going to be an announcement?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Well, the Israeli Prime Minister has not made a detailed
public statement, but he shirts seems to be strongly hinting
that when he meets with the President next week, and
he said he's going next week. We've confirmed the meeting
is Monday with President Trump, but the Prime Minister hasn't
said that. He said he's heading to Washington next week
(01:17):
and that he's going to try to capitalize on what
he calls the victory against Iran, and that is likely
to take the form of advancing the Abraham Accords, that
regional peace, that circle of peace, as the Prime Minister
likes to call it, trying to bring in new countries,
(01:39):
and the one that we're hearing a lot about through
sources is Syria. Right, this wouldn't be a peace deal
with Syria, but it would be a non belligerent pact, right,
a treaty where Israel and Syria would agree not to
attack each other and they would lay out certain parameters,
(02:03):
and that would be a predecessor to a peace deal, right,
because there's still the issue of the Golan Heights, which
is contested, and I don't think the sides they're going
to be able to come to an agreement on that
in the coming weeks. It's just not enough time, right,
And this government in Syria is trying to establish itself
(02:24):
and has a lot of work to do. But even
a non belligerency pack would be really a step forward.
And then of course the issue of Gaza. We know
that the President wants to end the war in Gaza.
The Israeli Prime Minister appears to be indicating he too
wants to get a deal that will bring the hostages
(02:45):
home and end the war. And the only question is,
you know, how are they going to make that happen
when Hamas wants to definitively end the war right and
until now, Azel has been unwilling to agree to that
and a full withdrawal of every Israeli true from godsen soil,
(03:06):
and the Israelis have refused to do that too. So
there's going to have to be some pressure put on
both sides by President Trump to get a deal. But
Nataia is no dummy. He's looking forward. He knows that
the Israeli election cycle is coming up, right, He may
even go to it a bit early. He wants to
(03:28):
ride the wave of this victory over Iran, and he
doesn't want to get bogged down and all the bad
news and piling up of deaths of soldiers and the
deteriorating condition of the hostages. Remember there's fifty there, twenty
presumed to be alive, thirty bodies. Natagne doesn't want to
lose his political bump, if you will, from the war,
(03:52):
and so that's a very strong motivating factor for him
to move towards ending the Gaza war. And I think
that's why we're headed in for the first time, a
really good direction which I think will yield something on
the Gaza front.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Yeah, it's interesting. I've talked to you in the past
about the poll numbers in Israel for Donald Trump and
the poll numbers in Israel for Benjamin Netan Yahoo, and
you always told me Trump is much more popular in
Israel than Netan Yahoo. Has that changed since the strikes
on Iran?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Yes, it has changed. Larry Natanielle. In recent polls, the
Coude Party was back up to thirty two to thirty
three seats. I mean, that's almost a full recovery from
before October seventh, his party fell as low as twenty four,
twenty five, twenty six seats. So there's no doubt that
(04:51):
Natanielle has recovered somewhat in the public eye since the
Twelve Day War right against Iran whereas well, really, you know,
they really pummeled Iran in several areas, and nataniel was
able to bring in the help of President Trump, and
(05:14):
that bombing campaign on the fordw Isfahan and the TOMS facilities.
We focus so much on ford Ow, but we forget
the President Trump bombed to other nuclear sites as well,
which were also key to Iran's nuclear program. So Nathaniel
has recovered and he's clearly wants to make the most
(05:37):
of that, you know, to Langston right his stay in office.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Right, it makes so much sense that there'll be an
announcement on Monday. And I know that right now it's
a speculation, but speculation based on your expertise and the
expertise of ABC News that there would be an announcement
about the Abraham Accords. And sy does make a lot
of sense as well because they just normalized the United
States just normalize relations with Syria. That to me, and
(06:09):
you can tell me if I'm wrong about this, that's
a big step forward for the area. The fact that
Syria first of all normalize relations but then is going
to be a part of the Abraham Accords. That's big
for not only Donald Trump. That'll be big for net
and Yahoo. Will it not?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It will? And I think there might be other countries
like Oman Indonesia right who have been kind of silent
partners with Israel over the years, which is often the
case with the original Arab countries that end up going
into peace deals with Israel, It's often preceded by a
(06:49):
decade or more of secret relationships, right, secret ties. That
was the case for the Egyptians, that was the case
with the Jordanians, with the Amaranti, with Baha Rain, with Morocco.
You know, sometimes Israeli officials talk about these connections, these
ties really just going public for the first time, but
(07:10):
ones that have been built over many years. So it
will be a coup for Ntonielle. But I think we
should temper our expectations. Monday, we could hear some joint
talk about jump starting the Gaza cease fire talks, some
(07:32):
breakthrough with the talks, some breakthrough with the Abraham Accords.
I don't know if we're going to actually hear an
announcement of you know, of a deal that's already been
sealed on Monday. That may be too soon, but nonetheless,
even progress towards this and concrete steps and a framework
(07:54):
that would finally allow Nitagnell to come down from the
tree and end the war in God even though Hamas
has not been totally destroyed, which is what he always
vowed to do.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Right.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
He needs an exit ramp as well, so we'll have
to wait and see that. I think, you know, all
the indicators are pointing towards some progress on these two fronts.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Yeah, thank you so much. Jordanah Miller, ABC News correspondent,
She's coming to us from Jerusalem. That would be a
major step forward if Syria became part of the Abraham Accords,
which he By the way, Trump never got enough credit for.
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