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Trump invites Netanyahu to visit the White House ‘in the near future,’ PM’s office says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US President Donald Trump invites Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House “in the near future,” during a phone call this evening, according to Netanyahu’s office.
The two leaders stress “the importance of and commitment to dismantling Hamas’s military capabilities and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, and discussed the expansion of the peace accords,” according to the Israeli readout.
The visit would be Netanyahu’s fifth since Trump returned to the White House in January.
The call comes after Trump warned Israel against destabilizing Syria and its new leadership, days after IDF soldiers battled gunmen in the country’s south.
“It is very important that Israel maintain a strong and true dialogue with Syria, and that nothing takes place that will interfere with Syria’s evolution into a prosperous State,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.
The call also comes a day after Netanyahu formally requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog in his corruption trial, without acknowledging guilt — a pardon Trump has personally backed including in a public exhortation to Herzog in the Knesset in October and a subsequent letter.
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