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Netanyahu’s security cabinet to meet on Gaza war, as some in Israel call to resettle enclave

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene his high-level security cabinet on Thursday to discuss expanding the war against Hamas, including the potential full military occupation of the Gaza Strip.

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The prospect comes against the backdrop of the 20th anniversary of Israel’s full disengagement from the enclave, as calls for resettlement — once confined to the political fringes — have entered the mainstream, including within the government, particularly in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.

Rebuilding Jewish communities in Gaza would be «a historic correction to a national injustice,» Yitzhak Wasserlauf, Israel’s minister for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee, told Fox News Digital.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands on a platform overlooking the Gaza Strip during his first visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas terrorists where a significant number of this community were killed or captured, near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

«Expelling Jews from their homes in their own country was a strategic and moral mistake that led to the rise of an Islamist terrorist regime called Hamas,» he said. «That mistake enabled Hamas to fire relentless rockets and ultimately carry out the October 7 massacre — which included murder, rape, abuse, looting, and, of course, the kidnapping of soldiers and civilians.»

Wasserlauf invoked the bloc of 17 Israeli communities, collectively known as Gush Katif, which was established in Gaza after the 1967 Six-Day War. In August 2005, as part of Israel’s unilateral disengagement, the government forcibly removed approximately 8,600 Jewish residents from the area.

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He said reapplying Israeli sovereignty «would send a clear message: whoever strikes us loses the ground beneath his feet. Only in this way can true deterrence be achieved,» Wasserlauf continued. «We need to create facts on the ground. There must be no agreements with terrorists. Settlement in Gaza must, at the very least, be the price that reminds everyone terrorism does not pay.»

From 1948 to 1967, the Gaza Strip was under Egyptian occupation. After Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Six-Day War, it remained under full Israeli control until 1994, when administrative responsibility was transferred to the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords — paving the way for Yasser Arafat’s return from exile in Tunis.

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Hamas terrorists emerge from the shadows as they surround Red Cross vehicles. (TPS-IL)

In 2005, Israel evacuated all military personnel and civilian communities from Gaza. Shortly thereafter, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections and staged a violent coup to overthrow the Palestinian Authority and seize control of the Strip.

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A year after Israel unilaterally disengaged from Gaza, evacuating all military personnel and civilian communities, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections and, shortly thereafter, staged a violent coup to overthrow the Palestinian Authority and seize control of the Strip.

Wasserlauf argued that critics of the disengagement had long warned that any concession of land would only embolden terrorists. These warnings, he said, were ignored, but ultimately proven correct by the events that followed.

He acknowledged that renewed settlement in Gaza would likely trigger political backlash both domestically and abroad. «The countries that support us will stand with us, and those that consistently oppose us will remain against us … I remind you that there were countries that urged us not to strike Iran, despite its race toward nuclear weapons and its explicit goal of destroying Israel.»

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The Israeli settlement of Pa'at Sadeh is seen Dec. 26, 2004 in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli settlement of Pa’at Sadeh is seen Dec. 26, 2004 in the southern Gaza Strip.

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi told Fox News Digital that Israel’s core national security doctrine of deterrence is being tested by jihadist groups like Hamas, which operate according to a radically different set of rules.

Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum, said that Israel’s approach to Gaza may ultimately hinge on U.S. support, especially from President Donald Trump. «If the U.S. president advocates for massive relocation and taking control of Gaza to implement his own vision, it would suggest some kind of basic understanding between the two sides,» Avivi said.

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He estimated that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) currently controls about 75% of Gaza, with past decisions largely driven by military considerations. However, he said that the remaining 25% of the territory involves broader strategic decisions, shaped by how Israel and the United States view the future of the area, including Jewish settlement.

Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser, told Fox News Digital that resettling Gaza should not be part of Israel’s agenda.

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Chief of the General Staff LTG Eyal Zamir conducted a field tour in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip. Zamir spoke with soldiers and was presented with defensive preparations and operational plans. (IDF)

«We have one mission now, and that is to dismantle Hamas,» he said. «We’ll talk about the day after, the day after. To bring back any level of normalcy to Gaza, we need to find partners — and I don’t know who those partners would be if we settle in Gaza.»

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Amidror, a distinguished fellow with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, said that Israel must in the long-term remain solely responsible for security in Gaza, citing past failures when control was transferred to the Palestinians after the Oslo Accords. He argued that reestablishing settlements could complicate that mission, asserting that security should remain solely in the hands of the IDF.

Religious Zionism lawmaker Simcha Rothman told Fox News Digital that «If we are trying to achieve peace, any agreement or situation in which Jews cannot live in their ancient homeland is not just,» but acknowledged it is not one of Israel’s official war objectives. «While resettling Gaza is the right thing to do, it is not part of the current effort.»

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Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, former head of IDF Military Intelligence, reiterated that resettling Gaza is not part of the Israeli government’s declared war objectives.

«If Israel needs to reoccupy Gaza militarily, it should be to destroy Hamas and bring back the hostages — not to annex Gaza as part of Israel. There are 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, maybe more,» Yadlin, who is currently president of MIND Israel, told Fox News Digital.

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Memorials at the site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on Monday, May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

«Israel does not want to rule over them or provide for all their needs. It would cost billions and alter the demographic balance. This idea is being pushed by right-wing elements in the government, and even the prime minister and his party do not support it,» he said.

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Daniella Weiss, general director of the Nachala Settlement Movement, told Fox News Digital that the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 attack signals the start of a new era. «I think we should go much further than what existed in 2005. Back then, we were 10,000 people in Gaza. Our movement, Nachala, has proposed a plan for 1.2 million Jews in Gaza,» Weiss said.

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Israelis march from Sderot toward the northern border of Gaza, calling for the re-establishment of settlements in the territory, on July 30, 2025 in Israel.

Israelis march from Sderot toward the northern border of Gaza, calling for the re-establishment of settlements in the territory, on July 30, 2025 in Israel. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

She said her organization is already taking tangible steps to begin the process, «We’ve organized six groups of young families—more than 1,000 families—who are willing to move to Gaza now,» she said.

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While Weiss expressed regret that the Israeli government has not included Jewish resettlement in its official war objectives, she insisted that in Israel’s democracy, public pressure can influence government policy.

«The basic truth is that the Gaza area is part of the western Negev,» she said. «Historically, it was part of the area of the tribe of Yehuda. To turn your back on that is wrong.»

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Los aranceles de Trump, la nueva fuente de ingresos de Estados Unidos

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Los amplios aranceles del presidente Donald Trump ya empezaron a generar una importante cantidad de dinero para el gobierno de Estados Unidos, con lo que se convierten en una nueva fuente de ingresos para una nación muy endeudada de la que los legisladores estadounidenses podrían empezar a depender.

Como parte de su intento de reordenar el sistema de comercio mundial, Trump impuso aranceles muy elevados a los socios comerciales de Estados Unidos, la mayoría de los cuales comenzaron a regir este jueves 7 de agosto.

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Incluso antes de que entraran en vigor los últimos aranceles, los ingresos procedentes de los impuestos recaudados sobre los bienes importados han aumentado espectacularmente en lo que va del año. Los derechos de Aduana, junto con algunos impuestos especiales, generaron US$152.000 millones hasta julio, aproximadamente el doble de los 78.000 millones de dólares recaudados en el mismo periodo del año fiscal pasado, según datos del Tesoro.

Trump citó de forma sistemática los ingresos arancelarios como prueba de que su enfoque comercial, que sembró la incertidumbre y empezó a aumentar los precios para los consumidores, es una victoria para Estados Unidos.

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Miembros de su gobierno argumentaron que el dinero de los aranceles ayudaría a cubrir el agujero creado por los amplios recortes fiscales que el Congreso aprobó el mes pasado, que se espera que cuesten al gobierno norteamericano al menos 3,4 billones de dólares.

“¡La buena noticia es que los aranceles están trayendo miles de millones de dólares a EEUU!”, dijo Trump en las redes sociales poco después de que un informe negativo sobre el empleo mostrara signos de tensión en el mercado laboral.

Contenedores de carga llenan un buque en el puerto de Oakland el miércoles 6 de agosto de 2025, en Oakland, California. (AP Foto/Noah Berger)

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Con el tiempo, los analistas prevén que los aranceles, si se mantienen, podrían suponer más de 2 billones de dólares en ingresos adicionales durante la próxima década. Los economistas esperan mayoritariamente que eso no ocurra y que Estados Unidos abandone esas barreras comerciales. Pero algunos reconocen que un flujo de ingresos tan importante podría resultar difícil de abandonar.

“Creo que esto es adictivo”, dijo Joao Gomes, economista de la Wharton School de la Universidad de Pensilvania. “Creo que es muy difícil rechazar una fuente de ingresos cuando la deuda y el déficit están como ahora”, sostuvo.

Trump fantasea desde hace tiempo con sustituir los impuestos sobre la renta por aranceles. En varias oportunidades, se refiere con cariño a la política fiscal estadounidense de finales del siglo XIX, cuando no existía el impuesto sobre la renta y el gobierno dependía de los aranceles, y la ha citado como modelo para el futuro. Y aunque los impuestos sobre la renta y sobre las nóminas aún son, con mucho, las fuentes más importantes de ingresos públicos, la combinación de los aranceles de Trump y la última rebaja fiscal republicana aleja, en el margen, a Estados Unidos de gravar las ganancias y se acerca a gravar los bienes.

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Se espera que este cambio sea regresivo, lo que significa que a los estadounidenses ricos les irá mejor que a los más pobres. Esto se debe a que, en general, la reducción de los impuestos sobre la renta beneficia más a los estadounidenses más ricos, que son los que más ganan. El reciente recorte republicano de los impuestos sobre la renta y de la red de seguridad social es quizá la ley más regresiva de las últimas décadas.

Sin embargo, se espera que la aplicación de nuevos impuestos a los productos importados aumente el costo de los bienes cotidianos. Los estadounidenses con rentas más bajas gastan una mayor parte de sus ingresos en esos bienes más caros, lo que significa que los aranceles suponen para ellos una mayor subida de impuestos que para los estadounidenses más ricos.

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Los aranceles empezaron a repercutir en los precios al consumo, y muchas empresas afirman que tendrán que empezar a subir los precios como consecuencia de los costos añadidos. Y los analistas esperan que los aranceles pesen sobre el rendimiento de la economía en general, lo que a su vez podría reducir la cantidad de ingresos por el impuesto sobre la renta tradicional que el gobierno recauda cada año.

“¿Existe una forma mejor de recaudar esa cantidad de ingresos? La respuesta económica es: sí, hay una forma mejor, hay formas más eficientes”, dijo Ernie Tedeschi, director de economía del Laboratorio Presupuestario de Yale y exfuncionario del gobierno del presidente Joe Biden y agregó: “Pero en realidad es una cuestión política”.

Tedeschi dijo que los futuros dirigentes de Washington, ya sean republicanos o demócratas, podrían dudar en retirar los aranceles si ello supusiera un nuevo aumento de la carga de la deuda federal, que ya hace saltar las alarmas en Wall Street. Y sustituir los ingresos arancelarios por subas de otros impuestos exigiría la actuación del Congreso, mientras que los aranceles serían una decisión heredada de un presidente anterior.

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“Es posible que al Congreso no le entusiasme la idea de realizar una votación tan políticamente arriesgada cuando, para empezar, no tenía que votar sobre los aranceles”, dijo Tedeschi.

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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he and Apple CEO Tim Cook (not pictured) present Apple’s announcement of a $100 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Algunos en Washington ya comienzan a pensar en cómo podrían gastar los ingresos arancelarios. Trump planteó recientemente la posibilidad de enviar a los estadounidenses un reembolso en efectivo por los aranceles, y el senador Josh Hawley, republicano de Misuri, presentó recientemente una ley para enviar 600 dólares a muchos estadounidenses. “Está llegando tanto dinero que estamos pensando en un pequeño reembolso, pero lo más importante que queremos hacer es pagar la deuda”, dijo Trump el mes pasado sobre los aranceles.

Los demócratas, una vez que vuelvan al poder, pueden enfrentarse a una tentación similar de utilizar los ingresos arancelarios para financiar un nuevo programa social, especialmente si subir los impuestos en el Congreso resulta tan difícil como en el pasado. Tal como están las cosas, los demócratas se han dividido sobre los aranceles. Mantener el statu quo puede ser una opción política más fácil que cambiar la política comercial.

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“Es una cantidad considerable de dinero”, dijo Tyson Brody, estratega demócrata, sobre los aranceles. “La forma en que los demócratas comienzan a pensar en ello no es que ‘serán imposibles de retirar’. Es: ‘Oh, miren, ahora habrá una gran cantidad de dinero para utilizar y reprogramar’”.

Por supuesto, los aranceles podrían resultar impopulares, y los futuros cargos electos podrían querer tomar medidas que pudieran reducir los precios al consumo. Al mismo tiempo, la cantidad de ingresos que generan los aranceles podría disminuir con el tiempo si, de hecho, las empresas acaban por traer de vuelta a Estados Unidos una mayor parte de sus operaciones, lo cual reduce el número de bienes que se enfrentan al impuesto de importación.

“Está claro que no es una forma eficaz de recaudar ingresos”, dijo Alex Jacquez, exfuncionario de Biden y jefe de política y defensa de Groundwork Collaborative, un grupo liberal. “Y no creo que sea una prioridad progresista a largo plazo como forma de recaudar ingresos sin más”.

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Business owner behind mysterious ‘Remember Hiroshima’ protest doll at Disneyland’s ‘Small World’ ride revealed

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Baffled Disneyland visitors at the «It’s a Small World» attraction were greeted by a protest doll holding a sign reading «Remember Hiroshima» over the weekend, sparking questions and speculation online as videos of the doll spread. 

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Videos began circulating on TikTok and Reddit Monday showing a woman carrying a female doll holding a sign reading «Remember Hiroshima» while walking around Disneyland. Another photo online showed the doll within the «It’s a Small World» exhibit, strategically positioned next to one of the tunnels that the boat ride traffics. 

Speculation mounted as the videos spread and earned hundreds of thousands of views and social media users questioned the meaning of the political stunt, while others questioned how the doll made it through the park’s tight security. 

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen revealed he was behind the stunt Thursday, telling Fox News Digital in a phone interview that he’s in the midst of a campaign against the U.S. government’s stockpile of powerful weapons as part of his «Up in Arms» campaign against the Pentagon’s spending budget. Cohen said that while the campaign targets current policies under the Trump administration, the matter of Pentagon spending is «disgustingly bipartisan» and stretches long past the current administration. 

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A protest doll holding a sign reading «Remember Hiroshima» was spotted at Disneyland’s «It’s a Small World» attraction.  (DCX Growth Accelerator)

«The whole idea of the Small World exhibit is that it’s a small world after all,» Cohen told Fox News Digital in a phone interview. «You got all the children from the different countries around the world being together, loving each other. And we put a doll in there that says, ‘Remember Hiroshima.’ I mean, that’s what was supposed to happen after the bomb in Hiroshima. We were supposed to remember what we did there and say, ‘Never again.’ And we’ve, we’ve ignored that.» 

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A doll holding a sign reading «Remember Hiroshima» was spotted at Disneyland’s It’s a Small World exhibit over the weekend. (DCX Growth Accelerator)

The political protest was launched just ahead of the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Hiroshima bombings Thursday, when an atomic bomb killed more than 100,000 people in the Japanese city during World War II. Cohen specifically took issue with the ongoing war in Gaza, which he called the «moral issue of our time,» when speaking with Fox Digital, as well as the Pentagon’s nearly $900 billion budget. 

«They’ve turned us all into murderers, and they’re taking our money, buying bombs with it, and giving it to Israel to slaughter people in Gaza,» he said of the war that has raged since the Biden administration. «And a whole lot of them are kids, just like that little girl that we placed in Disneyland.» 

Cohen said his criticisms of the U.S.’ military budget and push to build stockpiles of weapons is «disgustingly bipartisan,» stretching back long before the Trump administration. 

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«Trump is the current president. He’s responsible, but I can tell you that all the presidents before him were responsible as well,» he said, referring to the U.S.’ nuclear weapons program across the decades. 

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Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s, has a long history of left-wing political activism.  (Getty Images)

Trump repeatedly has championed his «peace through strength» vision for the U.S. military, citing that a powerful U.S. military will keep other nations from sparking wars. 

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«For at least two decades, political leaders from both parties have dragged our military into missions it was never meant to be,» Trump, for example, said during his speech to the graduating class at West Point Military Academy in May. «They sent our warriors on nation-building crusades to nations that wanted nothing to do with us, led by leaders that didn’t have a clue in distant lands, while abusing our soldiers with absurd ideological experiments here and at home.»

He added that those days are over via his peace through strength mission for the military, adding at the time, «My preference will always be to make peace and to seek partnership, even with countries where our differences may be profound.»

A Disneyland spokesperson told Fox Digital, when asked about the protest doll, that a cast member swiftly removed the doll from the ride attraction when it was first spotted, and reminded the guest of park rules. The activist who placed the doll within the attraction left without incident, according to Disney. 

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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was detained for interrupting a Senate hearing in May.  (Getty Images)

Ben & Jerry’s, which Cohen and co-founder Jerry Greenfield sold in 2000, has a long history of left-wing politics and social justice activism, including rolling out ice cream flavors such as «Pecan Resist» in 2018 to protest the first Trump administration, and «Change the Whirled» in 2021 that was crafted with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who was the first sports player to popularize kneeling during the national anthem back in 2016.  

Cohen, specifically, also has not shied away from participating in public protests, including in May when he was detained after interrupting a Senate hearing focused on aid to Gaza. 

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Cohen said he is just beginning a four-year campaign protesting the U.S.’ military budget in an effort to get the funds «toward the things that people really want.»

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«Americans are compassionate,» he said. «We don’t want to kill families just like ours in other countries, we just want a good life for ourselves and our kids. People want a decent place to live that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, good schools, affordable childcare, but they say there’s not enough money, and what they don’t say is that they’re spending it all on preparing to kill literally millions of people around the world.» 

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Zelenskyy tells Putin to ‘be brave’ and finally agree to trilateral meeting with Trump

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday confirmed he discussed a trilateral meeting to include Russian President Vladimir Putin, potentially as soon as next week, in a call with President Donald Trump one day prior. 

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Zelenskyy – who echoed comments issued by Trump on Wednesday and said the discussion was also held with European leaders – called on Putin to «be brave» and take the meeting.

«Yesterday, various potential formats for leader-level meetings to bring peace were also discussed – two bilateral and one trilateral,» he said in a post on X. «Ukraine is not afraid of meetings and expects the same brave approach from the Russian side. It is time we ended the war.»

President Donald Trump, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet during the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on June 25, 2025. (Getty Images/ZELENSKIY / OFFICIAL / TELEGRAM ACCOUNT)

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The comments came after months of attempts by the Trump administration to get Putin to sit down with Zelenskyy, which the Kremlin chief has thus far refused. 

It appeared unlikely that he would agree to it this time around either, as Russian state media on Thursday reported Putin as being open to the idea, but said «conditions must be created for negotiations to take place.»

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The «conditions» were also reported to be «far from being created,» according to a Telegram post by Russian state news agency RIA.

Trump’s foreign policy advisor further claimed on Thursday that the issue of a trilateral meeting was «mentioned» but «not discussed» during Putin’s talks with White House envoy Steve Witkoff and later, Trump.

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From left to right, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hold a telephone conversation with President Donald Trump following Trump’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 16, 2025, at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania. (Photo by KuglerSteffen/Bundesregierung via Getty Images)

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«As for the option of a trilateral meeting, which for some reason was discussed yesterday in Washington, this option was simply mentioned by the American representative during the meeting in the Kremlin. But this option was not specifically discussed,» Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said. «The Russian side left this option completely, without comment.

«We propose first of all to focus on preparing a bilateral meeting with D. Trump and we believe that the main thing is for this meeting to be successful and productive,» he added. 

Zelenskyy said he had been in discussions with both German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to ensure Europe’s interests were also at the forefront of any U.S.-Russia-Ukraine discussions. 

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«We are coordinating our positions, and we equally see the need for a common European view on key security issues for Europe,» Zelenskyy said. «Much depends – both now and in the long term – on the prudence and effectiveness of each step taken by Europe and America.»

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Aug. 6, 2025. (Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Both Germany and France have taken on leadership roles when it comes to the war in Ukraine and protecting Europe’s interests following Trump’s re-entrance into the White House earlier this year. 

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The U.K. has also been at the forefront of these discussions, though Fox News Digital could not immediately confirm whether Zelenskyy had also already discussed the trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.



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