Netanyahu tries to leave graft charges behind as he visits Donald Trump

Netanyahu, who arrives in Washington on Sunday, will also seek to coordinate strategy to press to revise the 2015 nuclear deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the Trump White House this week will give him an opportunity to divert attention from a widening corruption probe to a stage where he can showcase achievements.

But while he is sure to trumpet successes such as winning US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, behind the scenes he’ll be struggling to muster American support on a much more urgent issue: keeping Iran and its proxies in check across the northern border with Syria.

Netanyahu wants to see “the concrete terms of what they’re going to do to make sure that Iran doesn’t transform Syria