Fresh from a rare meeting with a senior Hamas official, US envoy Jared Kushner held a four-hour meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu today in which he urged the Israeli PM to move forward with Donald Trump's 15-point Gaza peace plan.But with looming elections in Israel, Netanyahu appears unpersuaded. Jerusalem Bureau Chief Oren Lieberman joins the show to discuss this. 

Also on today's show: CNN's Will Ripley; author Åsne Seierstad; analysts Chris Sabatini and Oliver Stuenkel. 

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