The former president had previously been reluctant to speak with Netanyahu, who sought the meeting while visiting the U.S. for a speech to Congress.
President Donald Trump greets Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office after signing a presidential proclamation on Golan Heights at the White House on Monday, March 25, 2019. said Tuesday the he will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, marking the first meeting between the two men since Trump left the White House more than three years ago.
“We had everything all set to go, and the night before it happened, I got a call that Israel will not be participating in this attack,” Trump said at a Florida rally. “I’ll never forget that Bibi Netanyahu let us down.” Netanyahu’s U.S. visit comes as relations between him and Biden, who have known each other for more than 40 years, have become particularly strained over stark disagreements about how Israel has conducted its war in Gaza — conflicts that have often played out in public.Israel launched its assault after Hamas militants stormed through the Israel-Gaza border on Oct. 7 and killed 1,200 people, many of them civilians, and took some 250 hostage.
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