The Israeli Prime Minister will be the first foreign leader to meet the US President in the White House after the second opening last week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House next week, and after returning to the United States president’s power, he will become the first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump in Washington DC.
The Israeli government confirmed Tuesday that Trump invited Netanyahu to the White House on February 4.
The announcement came a few days after Trump demanded Gaza to move its population to Jordan and Egypt – a proposal that was rapidly rejected by regional leaders, who gave it ethnic cleansing.
Trump has taken up a critical ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which was implemented a day before its inauguration.
The deal has so far faced the temporary end of the fighting and the release of seven Israeli kidnappers and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The break has also allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return home in northern Gaza.
The Trump administration also broke the expansion of the war in Lebanon, which effectively advanced the last date of the complete withdrawal from the country of Israel – actually on Monday – February 18.
US President Donald Trump has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a meeting in the White House on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is the first foreign leader who was invited to the White House during the second term of US President Trump.
– Prime Minister of Israel (Israelipm) January 28, 2025
But tensions are rising in the region, and Gaza and Lebanon are taking the risk of a new fight, Netanyahu regularly threatens to return to war.
Despite his role in gaining a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Trump said last week that he was “not confident” that it would be a deal.
“This is not our war. This is their war, “the US president told reporters.
The United States provides billions of dollars in military aid to Israel every year. In one of his first decrees, Trump frozen all international aid to Egypt and Israel, except for military assistance.
Last week, Trump also gave Israel the authority to transfer 900kg (2,000 pounds) bombs, which was stopped by former US President Joe Biden in May last year.
Netanyahu, a leader, for which the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza, expressed his gratitude on the decision on Sunday.
The Israeli Prime Minister said in a social media post, “Thanks to President Trump, keep his promise to defend Israel, fight its shared enemies and give the tools needed to achieve the future of peace and prosperity. For, “the Israeli Prime Minister said in a social media post.
Trump supports Israel. During his first term, he moved the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognized Israel’s claims of Syria’s occupied Golden Heights.
But as a candidate and in the opening speech last week, Trump promised to establish peace in US foreign policy.
“We will not only measure our success with the battles we win, but also from the wars we end. And, perhaps the most important thing is that the wars we never enter,” He said after taking the oath of office.
“My proud legacy will be a peace maker and a uniform.”
