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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Benjamin Netanyahu Comes to Washington With Hopes for Peace

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyehu meet in person for the first time since the airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear capabilities by the U.S. and Israel. How successful will the President be in making deals with both Iran and with Hamas? Plus, Elliot Kaufman discusses a proposal by sheikhs in Hebron for a multi-state solution which would bring peace to the West Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal. This is Potomac Watch.

0:45.3

Is there a new opportunity for peace in the Middle East in Gaza, for example, between the Palestinians and Israel more broadly, and maybe with Iran too, with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

0:51.5

Netanyahu. Meeting with President Trump at the White House today,

0:55.6

we may get a few more answers about those possibilities. That's our subject for today.

1:01.6

I'm Paul Guggo with the Wall Street Journal Potomac Watch podcast, and I'm here with my colleague

1:06.9

Elliot Kaufman, who has been covering Iran in the Middle East for us and has a big scoop

1:12.8

in today's newspaper. We published it online Saturday evening. And it concerns a new offer of

1:19.4

peace with Israel from the sheikhs of Hebron, that is, the tribal leaders of that part of the

1:26.3

West Bank. And they dominate a that part of the West Bank.

1:33.1

And they dominate a big chunk of the West Bank in terms of the population and the tribe. And they want to break free of the Palestinian Authority and make peace with Israel.

1:38.1

Your piece described the letter they've sent to the economy minister of Israel.

1:43.0

And it's creating something of a stir in Israel, certainly, and in the Palestinian circles.

1:49.0

Jerusalem Post called it a blockbuster.

1:51.2

First of all, tell us what the sheikhs did and why they did it.

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