Overview
- Netanyahu’s presence at the New Year’s event was confirmed by social-media posts and photos after an earlier quip about his attendance had been dismissed as a joke.
- Trump and Netanyahu met Monday at Mar-a-Lago to review the fragile Gaza ceasefire and a phased peace plan whose shift to phase two was postponed because phase-one conditions were not fulfilled.
- In remarks connected to the event, Trump said the United States would intervene against Iran "immediately" if required and he blamed Hamas for delays in the Gaza peace process.
- High-profile attendees included Rudy Giuliani, Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, Eric and Donald Trump Jr., Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino.
- Media accounts cited an on-site art auction reported to have raised $2.75 million for a children’s cancer clinic and a local sheriff’s department, with details attributed to the Daily Beast.