ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a 2025 phone call that “all the Jews are sick of you,” during efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, according to a book published Tuesday by journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.
The book, ‘Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump’, examines the first year of Trump’s second term and describes a tense exchange between Trump and Netanyahu, Anadolu reported on Wednesday. It claims that Trump told Netanyahu, who was on the call with senior US aides Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner: “Everybody’s sick of you, Bibi. All the Jews are sick of you. Even the two Jews on this call are sick of you.”
According to the book, the conversation took place during the UN General Assembly in September 2025 while Trump was promoting a 20-point plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza and rebuilding the territory. The authors said Trump also told Netanyahu that he could not “back out of” Washington’s proposed ceasefire agreement for Gaza.
Trump also told Netanyahu: “I’m the best friend Israel ever had. Everybody hates you, and I’ve stood by you,” it also claimed.
A separate excerpt released last week said Trump referred to Netanyahu as a “conman” during the early months of his second administration, according to the authors.
