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So far, Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to avoid almost any concessions in his dealings with Donald Trump. Instead, despite growing global outrage over the demolition of Gaza, Washington has always put the onus squarely on Hamas to first release the Israeli hostages. But did Netanyahu go too far with the targeting of a Hamas delegation hosted by US ally Qatar? Will the United States finally impose an end to the war?
In its 21-point plan, the Trump administration is no longer pushing the mass deportation of Gazans and is even siding with Gulf states in rejecting an annexation of the West Bank.
So for his fourth trip to the White House since Inauguration Day in January, the Israeli prime minister finds himself squeezed between Trump and the far-right West Bank settlers who prop up his coalition.
Read moreNetanyahu supports Trump's Gaza plan, but Hamas has yet to agree
As for Trump, it's a choice between hardcore Evangelicals like his ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and the Gulf states who've raised billions for his ventures and those of his family, like son-in-law Jared Kushner, who's suddenly back in the foreground of negotiations.
Who wins in this struggle between ideology and money?
Produced by Marion Lory, Elisa Amiri, Ilayda Habip and Guillaume Gougeon.
By FRANCE 24 English4.6
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So far, Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to avoid almost any concessions in his dealings with Donald Trump. Instead, despite growing global outrage over the demolition of Gaza, Washington has always put the onus squarely on Hamas to first release the Israeli hostages. But did Netanyahu go too far with the targeting of a Hamas delegation hosted by US ally Qatar? Will the United States finally impose an end to the war?
In its 21-point plan, the Trump administration is no longer pushing the mass deportation of Gazans and is even siding with Gulf states in rejecting an annexation of the West Bank.
So for his fourth trip to the White House since Inauguration Day in January, the Israeli prime minister finds himself squeezed between Trump and the far-right West Bank settlers who prop up his coalition.
Read moreNetanyahu supports Trump's Gaza plan, but Hamas has yet to agree
As for Trump, it's a choice between hardcore Evangelicals like his ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and the Gulf states who've raised billions for his ventures and those of his family, like son-in-law Jared Kushner, who's suddenly back in the foreground of negotiations.
Who wins in this struggle between ideology and money?
Produced by Marion Lory, Elisa Amiri, Ilayda Habip and Guillaume Gougeon.

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