Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has an appointment at the White House Monday to meet with President Trump.

Netanyahu left Israel today for the two leaders' first in-person meeting since last month's joint U.S.-Israeli assault on Iranian nuclear facilities.

We have never had such a great friend in the White House, and our joint mobilization has brought a great victory over our common enemy, Iran.

There's also great opportunity, and their opportunity is to expand the circle of peace far beyond what we could have imagined before.

There will be plenty to talk about. High on the agenda is likely to be Mr. Trump's push for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.

Even as Israeli and Hamas negotiators are set to talk in Qatar, the Israeli military said it struck

more than 100 Hamas targets in Gaza, and hospital officials said 38 Palestinians were killed.

Kenneth Pollock is Vice President for policy at the Middle East Institute.

Ken, when these two leaders sit down tomorrow, what does each hope or want to come out of it?

Well, look, I think that it's a lot more complicated for Prime Minister Netanyahu than it is for President Trump.

For President Trump, as you pointed out, he is looking to

get a ceasefire in Gaza. But more than that, I think he's just being opportunistic. What we've seen

from him is six months back in office is he's just looking for wins. If you can get a win,

he runs with it. If he doesn't, even if he tosses out an idea, if it goes nowhere, he's perfectly

glad to discard it or wait on it. So right now, I think what he's waiting to hear from

Prime Minister Netanyahu is, what are you willing to do that's going to be good for me,

good for Donald Trump? The problem is, Prime Minister Netanyahu, although he's riding high

at the moment in Israel, he still has a range of challenges out there.

First, he's almost certainly mulling whether to hold snap elections in Israel take advantage of his current popularity.

He's still facing a war with Gaza.

There seems to be no sign that he's actually interested in a meaningful ceasefire or a permanent

ceasefire. It's unclear whether Iran is out. They're certainly down, but whether their nuclear

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