Netanyahu hopeful of making history during White House visit

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;make history” during his upcoming trip to the White House for the expected unveiling of President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing his Cabinet shortly before departing for Washington on Sunday&comma; Mr Netanyahu described the current environment&comma; characterised by close ties with Mr Trump&comma; as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Israel that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;we must not miss”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump’s plan is expected to be extremely favourable to Israel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are in the midst of very dramatic political events&comma; but the peak is still ahead&comma;”<&sol;em> Mr Netanyahu said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For three years I have discussed with President Trump and his team our security and national needs — dozens of discussions and hundreds of hours&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In all of these talks&comma; I found a receptive ear in the White House for the essential needs of the state of Israel&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am going to Washington with a great sense of purpose&comma; great responsibility and great chance&comma; and I am hopeful we can make history&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The plan’s release has been repeatedly delayed and it seems to have little chance of success&period; The Palestinians&comma; accusing Mr Trump of being unfairly biased toward Israel&comma; have already rejected it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the plan could give Mr Netanyahu&comma; who is in the middle of his third re-election campaign in under a year&comma; a lift as he tries to remain in office while fighting criminal charges of fraud&comma; breach of trust and accepting bribes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Netanyahu has tried to divert attention away from his legal troubles and focus his campaign on his close ties with Mr Trump&period; His opponent&comma; Benny Gantz&comma; has focused his campaign on Mr Netanyahu’s criminal charges and expected trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Gantz announced on Saturday that he would also be going to Washington for a private meeting with Mr Trump&period; He turned down a joint appearance with Mr Netanyahu at the White House&comma; fearing the prime minister would use it to upstage him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead&comma; Mr Gantz will quickly return to Israel to proceed with his plans in parliament to block a request by Mr Netanyahu to receive immunity from prosecution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed12013cc48">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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