Israel is Netanyahu to meet with Trump in the White House next week | News Donald Trump
The Prime Minister of Israel will be the first foreign leader to meet the US president at the White House from his second inauguration last week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He will visit the White House next week, making it the first foreign leader who met with Donald Trump in Washington, DC, from the return of the President of the United States to power.
The Israeli government confirmed on Tuesday that Trump called Netanyahu white house on February 4th.
The announcement comes for days after Trump invited Gaza to transfer his population to Jordan and Egypt – a proposal that quickly rejected regional leaders, who compared him to him ethnic cleansing.
Trump earned for a fragile agreement on the interruption of fire in Gaza, which came into force the day before his inauguration.
So far, the deal has seen the temporary end of the fight and the release of seven Israeli prisoners and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The break also made it possible for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return home to the northern Gaza.
Trump’s administration also expanded the extension to a truce in Lebanon, which effectively pushed the deadline for the complete withdrawal of Israel from the country – originally set for Monday – until February 18th.
US President Donald Trump invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to be invited to the White House during the second term of US President Trump.
– Prime Minister of Israel (@israelimpm) 28 January 2025
But the tensions are high in the region, risking renewed struggles and in Gazi Iu Lebanon, and Netanyahu regularly threatened to return to war.
Although he emphasized his role in providing an agreement on the termination of fire in Gaza, Trump said last week that he “was not convinced” that the contract would be retained.
“It’s not our war; that’s their war,” US president told reporters.
Now they provide Israel of billions of dollars every year in military assistance. In one of his first decrees, Trump almost all frozen International assistanceApart from military assistance to Egypt and Israel.
Last week, Trump also approved the transfer of a 900 -pound bomb (2,000 pounds) to Israel, which in May stopped from his predecessor, former US President Joe Biden.
Netanyahu, a leader issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Arrest warrant Through alleged war crimes in Gaza, he expressed his gratitude for that decision on Sunday.
“Thank you, President Trump, for keeping your promise to give Israel to the tools that are needed to defend, face our usual enemies and provide a future of peace and prosperity,” the Prime Minister said in a social media post.
Trump was decisively pro-Israel. During his first term, he moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem and acknowledged Israel’s claim of Syrian occupied Golan Heights.
But as a candidate and in his speech of inauguration last week, Trump promised to continue peace in US foreign policy.
“We will exchange our success not only by the battles we win, but also the wars we end up. And, perhaps, most importantly, wars we never go into, “he said after he laid the oath.
“My proud legacy will be that rest and uniform.”
