Netanyahu rings in 2026 with Trump at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara were spotted alongside US President Donald Trump at the latter’s glittering New Year’s Eve party at his lavish Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump mentioned earlier this week that Netanyahu would be attending.

Netanyahu, who arrived at the US president’s Palm Beach residence on Monday, was spotted alongside tuxedo-clad Trump Wednesday night in a social media post from conservative influencer Michael Solakiewicz.

Trump and the Israeli leader met on Monday to discuss the fragile Gaza ceasefire and other regional geopolitical concerns in the Middle East.

The party guest list included Trump’s ardent supporters Rudy Giuliani and Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, along with his sons Eric and Don Jr., and top members of his administration, including Security of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino.

The Gaza ceasefire in October is one of the major achievements of Trump’s first year back in power, but some White House officials fear Netanyahu is slow-walking the process.

This week, Trump downplayed reports of tensions with Netanyahu over the second stage of the ceasefire, saying that Israel had “lived up” to its commitments and that the onus was on Palestinian terror group Hamas.

Siding with the Israeli premier, Trump said he was “not concerned about anything that Israel’s doing” while warning that “there will be hell to pay” if Hamas does not disarm in accordance with the ceasefire that halted the war started on October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian terror group led an invasion of southern Israel.

This week’s talks mark the fifth such meeting in the United States since Trump’s return to power this year.