US media experiences citing unnamed US and Israeli officers say the assembly would happen on the White Home on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will journey to Washington, DC for talks with US President Donald Trump on a spread of points, together with tariffs and Iran, Netanyahu’s workplace introduced.
The agenda for the journey will embrace Turkiye-Israel relations, “the Iranian risk”, Israel’s ongoing warfare on Gaza, tariffs and the “struggle in opposition to the Worldwide Prison Courtroom,” the Israeli prime minister’s workplace stated on Saturday.
US media experiences citing unnamed US and Israeli officers stated the assembly would happen on the White Home on Monday.
Trump’s invitation got here after a cellphone name on Thursday between the 2 leaders. Netanyahu raised the problem of tariffs in the course of the dialog. Israel faces a 17-percent tariff underneath Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs”.
Israel not too long ago moved to cancel remaining tariffs on US imports. The 2 international locations’ free commerce settlement, signed 4 a long time in the past, ensures that about 98 % of US items enter Israel tax-free.
Netanyahu is presently visiting Hungary on his first journey to Europe since 2023 in defiance of the Worldwide Prison Courtroom’s (ICC) arrest warrant in opposition to him for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Hungary’s authorities introduced its withdrawal from the ICC simply earlier than Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed his Israeli counterpart. The USA just isn’t a member of the court docket.
Additionally on the agenda shall be stalled efforts to achieve a brand new settlement on a Gaza ceasefire deal and the return of Israeli captives held by Palestinian teams there. Israel renewed its assaults on Gaza final month, shattering a short-lived truce with the Palestinian group Hamas.
Trump additionally has pressed Iran to enter talks on a brand new deal concerning its nuclear programme. Iran has stated it will be prepared to carry oblique talks.
Western international locations, led by the US, have, for many years, accused Tehran of looking for nuclear weapons. Iran rejects these allegations and maintains that its nuclear actions exist solely for civilian functions.
