Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is planning for the premier to travel to Washington next week to meet with US President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the matter tell The Times of Israel.
The trip has not been finalized and will be dependent on Netanyahu’s health, as he recovers from prostate surgery, but the plan is for him to depart on Sunday and return on Thursday.
If he travels, Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to meet Trump in his second term, a gesture from Trump to the Israeli leader in return for him acceding to pressure to reach a ceasefire hostage deal in Gaza.
Netanyahu’s lawyer this week requested that his client be allowed to testify just once instead of three times over the coming week in his corruption trial, due to what he said were medical complications following the prime minister’s recent prostate removal surgery. The request was denied.
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