Trump's meetings with Netanyahu, then Gantz to begin soon

US President Donald Trump is about to hold back-to-back meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief challenger, Benny Gantz, ahead of the unveiling of the US administration’s much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The meetings come just a month before Netanyahu and Gantz are set to face off in national elections for the third time in less than a year and amid much speculation over whether the plan has any chance for success since the Palestinians haven’t been consulted and have preemptively rejected any proposal from a White House it considers biased toward Israel.

— AP