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President Donald Trump has publicly moaned that he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize , and yet he seems to be on the verge of intensifying at least two wars—while, at the same time, weakening America’s position in the world and strengthening that of the most powerful dictatorships.

One of these calamities, Trump has already inflicted. Earlier in the week, he gave a green light to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s then-rumored plan to occupy all of Gaza—and, on Thursday, Israel’s security Cabinet approved the policy .

Trump had given his signal the day before when a journalist asked him whether Israel should carry out the plan and Trump replied, “That’s

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