President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end.

The summit will be crucial to the years ahead and whether there will be more conflict or the building of new relationships.

Expected at the White House on Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister has to deal with contradictory demands from the Israeli far right, which demands a resumption of the war in Gaza, and of the American president,