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Raymond J. de Souza: Netanyahu should have seen this coming

The Israeli PM put many of his eggs in the Trump basket, and that basket is now being presented to the Iranians as a payoff

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has learned what everyone already knows. Those who fly too close to the orange sun get scorched. President Donald Trump has signed a “peace” deal with Iran that guarantees the territorial integrity of Iran and Lebanon, but does not mention Israel except to demand that it cease hostilities with Hezbollah. Israel was not consulted on limiting its response to years of rocket attacks that have made part of its north uninhabitable.

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For longtime friends of Israel, the American turn against its ally is devastating.

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