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Following President Donald Trump 's announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to phase one of a peace plan on Wednesday, The New York Times' David E. Sanger argued that his role in securing the deal could be the president’s "pathway to the Nobel Peace Prize."

"For Mr. Trump, success in this venture is the ultimate test of his self-described goal as a deal maker and a peacemaker — and a pathway to the Nobel Peace Prize he has so openly coveted," Sanger wrote on Wednesday.

The New York Times White House correspondent maintained that Trump is on the brink of the "biggest diplomatic accomplishment of his second term," but warned that peace in the region is still far from guaranteed.

"If the peace plan moves forward,

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