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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on Sept. 29. Mr. Netanyahu future remains uncertain as he faces political and legal challenges at home.

The dealmaker as diplomat. The man simultaneously described as a warmonger and peace-seeker. The American President in a second tumultuous term, angling for Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize.

At the centre of all these elements, as in so many arenas on so many disparate issues, is Donald John Trump , following in the footsteps of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton in winning an unlikely Middle East settlement. But arguably, Trump surpasses all his predecessors in an unprecedented achievement in a surpassingly difficult juncture in the region’s fractious history.

Mr. Trump is a master in making

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