(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is en route to the White House for his seventh meeting in the United States with US President Donald Trump, barely six weeks after their previous meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Each meeting has carried unique significance in Israel’s two-year-plus regional war against Iran and its network of terror proxies.

The background

Previous meetings proved key in helping Israel secure the necessary weaponry and diplomatic backing to sustain more than two years of complex fighting against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. It also included a major campaign to demilitarize Syria and protect minority groups after the fall of its longtime dictatorial president, Bashar Assad.

Equally crucial, the Trump administration reversed unhelpful policies of the Biden administration, which continuously placed diplomatic pressure on the Jewish state. Trump sided firmly with Israel and, more importantly, applied the diplomatic leverage...

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