One question hangs over Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's push to annex parts of the West Bank: Why now? His predecessor, former PM Ehud Olmert, suggests it may be because Netanyahu worries US President Donald Trump will lose in November. From today's GPS: | Fareed Zakaria

Israel’s former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, says there was an opportunity to wipe out Hamas in 2008 but the operation was too politically unpopular to complete. The 12th Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert gives his insider insights about the vital lessons Israel has to learn, what the Arab world is really thinking, and how Hamas could have been wiped out. Watch the full interview at the link in our bio. Reporting by @timsamuels1. | The Free Press