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Trump on way to Knesset with Netanyahu

By Lazar Berman 13 October 2025, 10:14 am Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit together in a car after a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit together in a car after a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

US President Donald Trump is on his way to the Knesset in Jerusalem, riding in his armored presidential vehicle, known as The Beast, together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara.

According to Netanyahu’s office, Trump spontaneously invited the Netanyahus on board “The Beast” in a departure from protocol.

Before getting in the car, Trump greeted his daughter Ivanka, and then spoke with her husband Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff, all of whom met him upon his arrival.

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