The Trump administration is very frustrated with Israeli actions in Syria, and the issue is expected to be one of the principal topics of discussion during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s White House visit, which is due to take place later this month, Channel 12 reports.
A social media post by US President Donald Trump that warns Israel not to “interfere” in Syria gave voice to those frustrations, which American officials expressed last night and this morning to their Israeli counterparts.
The post came days after Israeli troops were under fire from gunmen during an arrest operation in Syria, sparking clashes in which 13 people were killed, according to Syrian reports.
The network quotes a US official as saying, “Syria doesn’t want problems with Israel, it’s not like the situation in Lebanon,” but warns that Netanyahu needs to change course before “he turns the new regime in Syria into an enemy of Israel.”
Netanyahu’s office announced the impending visit earlier today, a day after he requested a pardon in his ongoing corruption trial from President Herzog, a move Trump also supports.
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