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

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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