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Israel prepares Lebanon cease-fire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump, officials say
TEL AVIV — A close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump and Jared Kushner this week that Israel is rushing to advance a cease-fire deal in Lebanon, according to three current and former Israeli officials briefed on the meeting, with the aim of delivering an early foreign policy win to the president-elect.
Ron Dermer, Netanyahu’s minister of strategic affairs, made Mar-a-Lago the first stop on his U.S. tour Sunday before traveling to the White House to update Biden administration officials on the state of Lebanon talks, a sign of how swiftly America’s political center of gravity has shifted after Trump’s electoral victory.
“There is an understanding that Israel would gift something to Trump … that in January there will be an understanding about Lebanon,” an Israeli official said. Like others in this article, the official spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations.
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It should be said at the outset trump's reaction to an Israeli offering to speak with him about any conflict involving US interests should have immediately been to refer that official to the WH. We only have one government and one prez at a time. Exchanging pleasantries is one thing. Negotiating cease fires is quite another. Just as Mike Flynn never should have spoken to Kislyak about US policy before trump took office so too Don shouldn't have had the conversation he had. And yet trumples will give him another pass for this because.............DEAR LEADER is infallible.
If I look around the corner this is what I see. trump being proclaimed as the great peace maker. In this case, with the help of a war criminal who has an interest in seeing trump consolidate power. Despots have a tendency to think alike and support each other when possible.
Looking further down the road, when trump cripples Ukraine's ability to defend itself, and tells Zelensky to give in to Don's other war criminal friend's demands, he will once again be hailed...........at least by RWM...........as the great peace maker. How proud Orwell would be.