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Netanyahu is in a state of mind of moving from war to peace.

And what he hopes for that in the 60 days of negotiations,

you can inject major successes of Arab-Israeli peace into this process. Now, after the

success in Lebanon, Syria, Iran, he feels much more self-confident that enables him to make more

concessions something Mr. Netanyahu is not eager to do.

It's 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2nd here in New York City.

It is 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2nd in Israel, where it has been a relatively quiet evening, albeit with one ballistic missile launched from the Houthis on

Tuesday evening, parenthetically, that disrupted an engagement party that my mother in Jerusalem

was attending and they had to dash down to the Mahmad in the middle of the

engagement party, such as life in Israel these days.

Over the past few days, we've observed strong signs that Israeli leaders are moving to bring

the Gaza war to a close or to some kind of close.

On Tuesday, Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermar, met with

senior Trump administration officials in Washington and is expected to meet with U.S. Special Envoy

Steve Whitkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Vice President J.D. Vance in the coming days.

Dermers' trip to D.C. is in advance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to D.C.

He's scheduled to be at the White House on Monday, July 7th.

Netanyahu's and Dermers' trips come amid U.S. pressure to end the war in Gaza, to end the war

with the return of all Israeli hostages.

President Trump said on Tuesday that Israel had agreed to a U.S. proposed 60-day ceasefire

during which we would see hostages released and discussions geared toward ending the war.

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