Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed Israel on Sunday for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, aiming to strengthen ties with Washington following tensions with the previous administration over the Gaza conflict.
Netanyahu, the first foreign leader to visit Trump since his inauguration, arrives with the Gaza ceasefire still holding, and negotiations for a second phase expected to begin soon.
“The decisions we made in the war have already changed the face of the Middle East,” Netanyahu remarked at the airport before his departure. “Our decisions and the courage of our soldiers have redrawn the map. But I believe that working closely with President Trump, we can redraw it even further and for the better.”
Netanyahu, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes in Gaza, had a strained relationship with Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden and has not visited the White House since returning to office at the end of 2022.
Source: Reuters
