Tel Aviv | A close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump and Jared Kushner this week that Israel is rushing to advance a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, according to three current and former Israeli officials briefed on the meeting, with the aim of delivering an early foreign policy win to the president-elect.

Ron Dermer, Mr Netanyahu’s minister of strategic affairs, made Mar-a-Lago the first stop on his US tour on Sunday before travelling to the White House to update Biden administration officials on the state of Lebanon talks, a sign of how swiftly America’s political centre of gravity has shifted after Trump’s electoral victory.

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