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Senior Israeli official: ‘We have no clue what Trump wants to talk to us about’

By Lazar Berman 6 April 2025, 3:46 pm 7 Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

US President Donald Trump (left) welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on February 4, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
US President Donald Trump (left) welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on February 4, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington this week, a senior Israeli official tells The Times of Israel on board his flight to DC.

Netanyahu is expected to land back in Israel on Wednesday, then head directly to testify in his ongoing corruption trial.

“We have no clue what [US President Donald] Trump wants to talk to us about, and why it was so urgent and important to him,” says the senior official. “We wanted to meet next week.”

Trump and Netanyahu will give joint statements to the press tomorrow, according to Channel 12 news.

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