Local newspaper carries report - Trump to meet with a war criminal butcher. Because he can, or because they are like minded?

 AP feed carried by Strib:

Palestinian death toll tops 66,000 as Netanyahu prepares to meet Trump

The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has topped 66,000 Palestinians, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday, a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the White House for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on halting Israel's ongoing offensive in Gaza City.

The Associated Press

September 28, 2025 at 10:10AM

Netanyahu has come under heavy international pressure to end the war. Key Western allies have joined a growing list of countries recognizing a Palestinian state over Israeli objections. The European Union is considering sanctions and there are growing moves for a sports and cultural boycott against Israel.

After dozens of delegates poured out of the hall, a defiant Netanyahu told fellow world leaders Friday at the U.N. General Assembly that his nation ''must finish the job'' against Hamas in Gaza as his military pressed on with an offensive in Gaza City.

Trump has so far stood behind Israel. But the U.S. leader has shown signs of impatience lately, particularly after Israel's bombing of Qatar earlier this month in what appears to have been a failed attempt to kill Hamas' leadership. In Monday's White House meeting, Trump is expected to share a new proposal for ending the war.

Bibi the Butcher of Gaza doesn't care much about what Trump thinks or says (seldom the same thing).