Forget the Ultimate Deal: Trump and Netanyahu Should Save Gaza For Now

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) participate in a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump hosted Prime Minister Netanyahu for talks for the first time since Trump took office on January 20.

When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visits President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, they might commiserate over the domestic investigations each are facing as well as take great satisfaction over Trump’s affirmation of the opening of a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on the 70th anniversary of Israel’s existence this spring.

Trump could still trumpet what he famously called the “ultimate deal” – his idea for an end to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. But this not attainable now. It probably never was.

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