The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold.

US President Donald Trump says that Saudi Arabia “has done everything that we can ask for.”

“They’re getting along great with Israel, they will,” he says. “And at some point they’ll sign the Abraham Accords.”

Riyadh has recently been outspoken about its refusal to currently normalize ties with Israel, with former intelligence chief Prince Turki bin Faisal telling The Times of Israel this will only happen when the Jewish state “acts normally.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that US President Donald Trump put clear conditions on reform before the Palestinian Authority can return to Gaza.

“Stop ‘pay-to-slay,’ change the curriculum in your textbooks, open up a different society and a different future. If they do it, well, you know, I think it was clear. He put guidelines,” says Netanyahu.

Asked during a press briefing alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Israel should strike Hezbollah in Lebanon over the terror group’s refusal to disarm, US President Donald Trump says: “We’re going to see about that.”

“The Lebanese government is at a little bit of a disadvantage with Hezbollah,” he continues, adding that Hezbollah “has been behaving badly.”

Israel and the US “do have an understanding regarding Syria,” says US President Donald Trump alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago.

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa “has been with us all the way,” Trump says.

“I’m sure that Israel and him will get along,” says Trump. “I will try and make it so that they do get along.”

Israel’s interest “is to have a peaceful border with Syria,” says Netanyahu.

“We also want to secure our Druze friends,” he continues, adding that Christians should be protected throughout the Middle East and in Syria.

Trump makes sure to interject that it was Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a leading critic of Israel and backer of Hamas, who helped topple Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. “Bibi agrees with that,” Trump claims.

In fact, Netanyahu........

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