President Donald Trump said Saturday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his Gaza peace deal was a chance for Israel’s “victory” in the war — adding, however, that “He has no choice.”

The remark underlined the favorable terms Israel received in Trump’s proposal to end the war — but also the pressure that the U.S. president has been able to exert on Netanyahu at key moments since taking office.

Axios reported (original emphasis):

“I said, ‘Bibi, this is your chance for victory.’ He was fine with it,” Trump told me. “He’s got to be fine with it. He has no choice. With me, you got to be fine.”

…Trump told Axios in the interview that he was warned by his team ahead of the call that Netanyahu had reservations. But Trump said that when they spoke, Netanyahu agr

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