Report: Trump hasn’t yet agreed to meet Netanyahu, likely won’t before Wednesday

Then-US president Donald Trump (left) smiles at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after signing a proclamation recognizing the Golan Heights as part of Israel, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, on March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/ Susan Walsh)
Then-US president Donald Trump (left) smiles at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after signing a proclamation recognizing the Golan Heights as part of Israel, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, on March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/ Susan Walsh)

A report by Politico casts doubt over the possibility that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will succeed in securing himself a meeting with Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump during his visit to the United States.

The Kan public broadcaster reported on Thursday that Netanyahu’s team is seeking a sit-down with Trump.

Now, Politico reports — citing two unnamed people familiar with the details — that while the former president has not rejected the idea outright, he has yet to agree.

One of the sources is quoted as saying that if such a meeting is held, it likely would not happen before Trump holds a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday evening, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Assuming the meeting would not be held late Wednesday after the rally, that would leave Thursday — when Netanyahu is currently slated to return to Israel — or Friday. If Netanyahu were to remain in the US until Friday, he and his entourage will to stay until Saturday night to observe the Jewish rest day of Shabbat.

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