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What’s Netanyahu’s game plan as Israel flexes its muscles in the neighbourhood?
Amid the crisis in Gaza and continuing military action against Lebanon and Syria, Iran is likely the next target, but that requires US backing.
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Mr Benjamin Netanyahu believes that Israel is now in a uniquely powerful position not only to crush all its enemies but also to reshape the entire Middle East.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington this week for talks with US President Donald Trump. The ostensible reason for Mr Netanyahu’s trip – the first by a foreign leader since the Trump Administration imposed tariffs on almost every trading nation
Although Mr Trump slapped Israel with a 17 per cent trade tariff, the damage to the country’s trade will be slight. The overwhelming share of Israel’s exports to the US consists of software and other digital services which are beyond the scope of tariffs. And most of Israel’s manufactured goods – such as semiconductors or pharmaceutical products – are almost guaranteed to get American exemptions or are already covered by uniform global tariff arrangements.
