Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to arrange a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington, his spokesman Omer Dostri told CNN on Saturday (25).
Dostri said the meeting will “probably” take place in two weeks, but plans remain in development and it is not yet a “done deal.”
THE CNN is reaching out to the Trump administration for comment.
The potential meeting comes after Israel and Hamas reached a hostage ceasefire agreement, for which both Trump and former US President Joe Biden claimed credit.
Following the release of four female soldiers from captivity on Saturday, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum thanked Trump, saying his “intervention was critical to changing the trajectory of these negotiations.”
Netanyahu on Trump’s mandate
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the President of the United States, Donald Trump, on his second inauguration, which took place last Monday (20).
In one of his statements, made on video, the Israeli leader said that “the best days of our alliance are yet to come”.
“His first term as president was full of groundbreaking moments,” said Netanyahu, listing some of the main measures Trump took during his first term as president, including the signing of the Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. United States and Bahrain.
“You withdrew from the dangerous nuclear deal with Iran, recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, moved the American embassy to Jerusalem and recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights,” he said.
“I am confident that we will complete the defeat of Iran’s terrorist axis and usher in a new era of peace and prosperity for our region”
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu also thanked Trump for his assistance in brokering Israel’s ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas.
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