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Analysis-Netanyahu and Trump on collision course as US, Iran agree to halt war

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By Rami Ayyub and Maayan LubellJERUSALEM, June 15 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu bet that his joint war alongside Donald Trump would topple Iran's clerical rulers and bolster himself ahead of elections at home, as the architect of a U.S.-Israeli alliance that would reshape the Middle East. Instead, Israel's longest-serving prime minister is on a collision course with Trump as the U.S. president seeks to extricate himself from the war, with both men's goals unmet and Israeli military operations tied down in Lebanon.