When Benjamin Netanyahu declined Donald Trump's Gaza peace proposal this week, he did more than reject a diplomatic document — he made visible a fault line that had long been smoothed over by political convenience. Two leaders long presented as a unified front now stand in open friction, forcing Washington and Jerusalem to reckon with a question that alliances rarely ask aloud: do we actually want the same thing? Whether this rupture is a negotiating posture or something more durable, the assumption of automatic alignment has been disturbed.
Trump's Gaza Plan Rejected by Netanyahu, Exposing Leadership Tensions
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