Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to meet with President Trump at the White House this weekbagepg, the prime minister’s office said in a statement late Saturday, in the second such visit by the Israeli leader since the president’s inauguration in January.
Mr. Netanyahu will arrive in Washington after renewing Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza late last month, despite efforts by Mr. Trump’s aides to broker a new truce to stop the fighting there and to free more hostages.
In addition to the Gaza war, the two leaders are likely to touch on Mr. Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs, which include a 17 percent markup on Israeli exports to the United States. Mr. Netanyahu had sought to avert tariff on the eve of Mr. Trump’s announcement by voiding Israeli customs duties on American products — seemingly to no avail.
In the statement, Mr. Netanyahu’s office said the two leaders would “discuss the tariff issue, the efforts to return our hostages, Israel-Turkey relations, the Iranian threat,fef777” and other issues, adding that the prime minister is traveling to Washington on Sunday following Mr. Trump’s invitation.
Still, Mr. Netanyahu’s visit underscores how the Israeli leader has seen his diplomatic standing in Washington shift since Mr. Trump’s return to power in January. Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., whose relationship with Mr. Netanyahu grew increasingly fraught as the Gaza war wore on, did not meet him in the Oval Office until 2024.
Mr. Trump has aligned his Middle East policy to especially benefit Israel and has left little daylight between himself and Mr. Netanyahu. When he entered office for his second term, Mr. Trump made the Israeli prime minister the first foreign leader to be invited to the White House.
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