Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly at the end of the month to an important summit with President Donald Trump at the latter’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where he is expected to meet the US president at least twice. Meetings at Mar-a-Lago are also scheduled with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Netanyahu will stay at Mar-a-Lago from December 28 to January 1, with the first meeting with Trump set for December 29.

From Israel’s perspective, this is a dramatic visit because a whole range of issues are on the table on which it is vitally important to reach agreement with the Americans:

Gaza

Planning for the second phase of the ceasefire is still being developed both in the US and in Israel; nothing is truly finalized yet. Israel and the United States jointly drafted the original 20-point plan, and there was complete agreement that Hamas must be disarmed. However, Israel is now warning that Qatar and...

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