TRUMP DEAL: PM flies to ’make history’ * Obama envoy: No Dem president will accept it * Gantz gets a Trump meet * Israel okays Saudi travel * Ge rmany warns of Jewish exit

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, January 26, 2020 [Netanyahu en route to Trump meeting: ‘Together we’ll make history’]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Taking off for Washington, PM contrasts the Iran nuclear deal championed by Barack Obama with the Deal of the Century to be released by ‘huge friend’ of Israel, Donald Trump]( [Netanyahu: White House peace plan an ‘opportunity that cannot be missed’]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel media review / Brotherhood of the traveling Gantz: 6 things to know for January 26]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [No future Democratic president will accept Trump plan, says former US envoy]( By [TOI staff]( [Dan Shapiro denounces timing of peace deal’s unveiling as political, warns West Bank annexation would ‘guarantee’ future clash with Washington]( [The week Israel says yes to annexing the West Bank, consequences be damned]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Peace plan release now ‘interference’ in election, Amir Peretz writes to Trump]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [Securing a small, sweet victory, Mr. Gantz goes to Washington]( [He didn’t want to snub the president. 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