Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Thursday, May 4, 2017
Trump said planning main Israel speech at Masada
US President Donald Trump’s preparatory team members, who have been in Israel in recent days, have indicated he wants to deliver the main speech of his Israel visit at Masada, Channel 2 reported.
He does not intend to go to Ramallah, Channel 2 reported, but does want to visit Bethlehem. It is not clear if will meet Mahmoud Abbas for what would be their second session in less than a month.
From here, Trump is to go to Saudi Arabia, the Vatican, Brussels for a NATO summit on May 25, and finally to a meeting of G7 in Sicily on May 26-28.