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editor-in-chief. This is FP Live. So it's been a very consequential

year for the Middle East, and each day seems to be adding to it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday over a dinner lasting several hours.

For Beebe, as he's called, it was the third visit to Washington this year.

The two leaders met again on Tuesday night to hash out a possible ceasefire deal in Gaza.

That second meeting was behind closed doors and with very

little reporting about what they discussed, at least as of this recording on Wednesday,

the 9th of July. Whatever the details, there are some bigger picture trends that are worth

assessing. Even if there is a ceasefire in Gaza, how do we get any closer to a

day after plan? In other words, who actually runs Gaza? And in Israel, if the hostages do return

home, will Israelis want elections? What happens then? Move beyond a potential ceasefire, and there are still a lot of

questions. With each passing day of devastation in Gaza, Israel has lost considerable soft power.

How does it contend with that? How does America contend with its role in the Gaza War?

And if you then zoom out all the way, even outside the Middle East, to China and beyond,

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