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By Julie Stahl
(June 30, 2025 / CBN) After the 12-day war against Iran, attention is now focused on freeing the Gaza hostages and ending the war against Hamas. Yet, it appears that trouble with the Iranian regime is far from over. One cleric is calling for what some say is a terror war against the world.
Both President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believe that the victory over Iran created momentum to end the Gaza war against Hamas, free the remaining hostages, and work for peace across the region.
Netanyahu declared, “Of course, we will also have to solve the Gaza issue, to defeat Hamas, but I estimate that we will achieve both tasks. But beyond that, broad regional possibilities open up.”
The prime minister added, "Many new opportunities have opened now as a result of this victory. Many opportunities."
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is in Washington on Monday, where The Times of Israel reports that the White House plans to lean on him to wrap up the war.
Not all Americans or Israelis believe Israel should capitulate to Hamas or the Palestinian Authority in the negotiations.
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is troubled by a clause in one draft between U.S. and Israeli negotiators that refers to a two-state solution headed by a "reformed" Palestinian Authority.
The ZOA wrote last week, "After so many Israelis suffered on October 7th, and so many fought, died and suffered in the recent and ongoing wars to dramatically set back Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities and its terror proxies’ encirclement of the Jewish homeland, the last thing Israel needs is a Palestinian terror state in the Jewish heartland."
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