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President Trump & Benjamin Netanyahu joint news conference
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3:33:36Now PlayingIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday is geared toward bolstering ties with and securing guarantees from the Trump administration primarily over Iran and the war against Hamas, according to current and former Israeli officials.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu’s historic visit to Washington will mark a significant moment in Israel-U.S. relations, setting a tone of close cooperation and friendship between the Israeli government and the Trump administration," Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told Fox News Digital.
"The prime minister will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House in President Trump’s second term, and his visit will spur bilateral efforts to promote security and prosperity in the U.S., Israel and the Middle East," he added.
Leiter, appearing on "America's Newsroom" last week, told Dana Perino that Iran would be front and center during the Trump-Netanyahu meeting. "We will make the point that to allow Tehran to maintain its nuclear capabilities, which they can raise very quickly toward nuclear weapons, is simply unacceptable," he stated.
Netanyahu was last at the White House on July 25, 2024, with then-President Biden having only invited the Israeli leader some 20 months after his re-election. This was widely viewed as a snub by Biden, whose party has increasingly distanced itself from traditional bipartisan support for the Jewish state.
Netanyahu told reporters ahead of his departure that it was "telling" Trump chose to meet him first, describing it as "a testimony to the strength of the American-Israeli alliance."
"This meeting will deal with important issues, critical issues facing Israel and our region, victory over Hamas, achieving the release of all our hostages and dealing with the Iranian terror axis and all its components – an axis that threatens the peace of Israel, the Middle East and the entire world," he said.
There are currently 79 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, including six dual US-Israeli citizens. "Regarding agenda terms, Trump will want Netanyahu to proceed to the second phase of the truce agreement with Hamas. This is very difficult for Israel, since this basically leaves the terror group in power in Gaza," former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren told Fox News Digital.
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