‘I don't think they treat him very well’: Trump says US will 'be involved' in PM Netanyahu's 'very unfair' corruption trial

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he intends to “be involved in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Sunday appearance on CBS News’ “60 Minutes”.

In the interview with CBS’s Norah O’Donnell, Trump also claimed to have “pushed” Netanyahu. 

O’Donnell asked President Trump about the Gaza ceasefire, indicating that it seems fragile with several Hamas violations over the past week. 

“It's not fragile. It's a very solid, you know,” Trump responded. “I mean, you hear about Hamas, but Hamas could be taken out immediately if they don't behave. They know that. If they don't behave they're gonna be taken out immediately. They know that.” 

“It's not fragile,” President Trump says of the ceasefire in Gaza. “Hamas could be taken out immediately if they don't behave. They know that. If they don't behave, they're going to be taken out immediately.“ https://t.co/dC2WfzL8Ql pic.twitter.com/RTzSJ2Gjb7

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Over the past week and a half, Hamas militants have conducted several attacks on Israeli soldiers behind the Yellow Line, where the IDF withdrew as part of the ceasefire deal.

The terror group also refrained from returning the remains of several deceased hostages, while staging a fake retrieval of the partial remains of the hostage Ofir Tzarfati. 

The terror group also tried to reach a terror outpost inside the Yellow Line, apparently to retrieve weapons and ammunition ahead of a possible attack on IDF positions. 

Recently, the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), revealed footage that demonstrated Hamas militants seizing control of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, just as the IDF has claimed since the start of the Gaza War. All these infractions have raised questions about the robustness of the Gaza ceasefire. 

O’Donnell asked Trump, “How do you get Hamas to disarm?” Trump deflected the question, stating, “If I want them to disarm, I’ll get them to disarm very quickly,” before stating, “I got all the hostages out.” 

He repeated his previous statements about the importance of returning the remains of those killed to the families of the deceased hostages, saying, “Do you know that they were as anxious or even more anxious of getting their child out, even though they knew it was a body that we were dealing with, than the people that had a living child?” 

Switching topics, O’Donnell asked whether President Trump would be able to get Prime Minister Netanyahu to agree to a Palestinian state. Trump again demurred from answering directly, saying, “He's fine. Look, he's a wartime prime minister. I worked very well with him.” 

“Yeah, I mean, I had to push him a little bit one way or the other,” Trump stated, saying, “I think I did a great job in pushing — he's a very talented guy. He's a guy that has never been pushed before, actually.” 

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President Trump then reiterated previous comments, made during a Netanyahu visit to the White House earlier this year, saying that Netanyahu has not been treated well in Israel. 

“That's the kind of person you needed in Israel at the time,” President Trump stated about Netanyahu. “It was very important.” 

“I don't think they treat him very well,” Trump continued. “He's under trial for some things, and I don't think they treat him very well. I think it should - you know, we'll be involved in that to help him out a little bit, because I think it's very unfair.”