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Can Trump and Netanyahu Remake the Mideast? 

They share the goals of Saudi-Israeli peace and halting Iran’s nuclear advances, but might diverge on Gaza and other Palestinian-related issues.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House on September 15, 2020. Doug Mills/pool/Getty Images, file
BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

President Trump, who had pushed a Gaza deal that will free 11 hostages on Thursday and three more on Saturday, is aspiring to shake the Mideast further. Success might hinge on Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is scheduled, next Tuesday, to become the president’s first foreign guest in his second term at the White House. 

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BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

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