Trump can put pressure on Netanyahu

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US President-elect Donald Trump will be able to exert more pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin says.   #Israel #Trump

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00:00So, is President-elect Donald Trump the only person who can put pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu

00:06to reach an agreement, as it appears the Biden government has failed to do this?

00:12Right.

00:13Well, it's certainly true that Trump, if he wants to, can apply pressure on Netanyahu

00:18because during the days of democratic administrations in Washington, Netanyahu always had his Republican

00:23friends in Congress to go to and complain about the president or put pressure on the

00:29administration.

00:30With Trump in the White House and a Republican-held Congress, Netanyahu really has no one else

00:35to go to.

00:36I've been told by Israeli negotiators that they expect a deal to be done within three

00:41weeks and the three-week target is the January 20th date of the inauguration of President

00:46Trump.

00:47It is not clear if they intend to do it before Trump enters the White House or after he enters

00:51the White House.

00:52There are those who say that Israel wants to give this gift to Trump and there are those

00:56who recognize that Trump said that he doesn't want this issue on his desk when he enters

01:00the White House.

01:01In any event, it's not only Israel that needs to be pressured, Hamas needs to be pressured

01:06as well.

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