Indirect talks over Gaza ceasefire continue as Netanyahu arrives in Washington
by Jason Burke in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6YFJE)
Israeli minister says meeting with Trump will focus on a new Middle East' with 60-day pause discussed in Doha
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza continued for a second day on Monday, hours before a meeting in Washington between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.
Avi Dichter, an Israeli minister and member of Netanyahu's security cabinet, said he expected Trump's meeting with the Israeli prime minister would go beyond Gaza to include the possibility of normalising ties with Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia - an ambitious project that is central to the US president's policy in the Middle East.
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