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Sunday, February 16, 2025
Netanyahu, Rubio hold expanded meeting with advisers
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Benjamin Netanyahu hold an expanded meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025 (David Azagury/US Embassy Jerusalem)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hold an expanded meeting with their advisers after a one-on-one meeting.
Netanyahu is joined by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri, Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, and his top aides.