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Netanyahu unlikely to attend Trump inauguration, aide tells ToI
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Then-US President Donald Trump (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to fly to Washington for Donald Trump’s January 20 inauguration as US president, a senior aide tells The Times of Israel.
Netanyahu had been expected to make the trip, Israeli officials said in recent weeks, but barring any last minute changes, won’t do so.
No invitation has been received by the Prime Minister’s Office.
