US media stories 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 variety of points, together with tariffs and Iran, Netanyahu’s workplace introduced.
The agenda for the journey will embody Turkiye-Israel relations, “the Iranian risk”, Israel’s ongoing battle on Gaza, tariffs and the “battle towards the Worldwide Felony Court docket,” the Israeli prime minister’s workplace stated on Saturday.
US media stories 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 through the dialog. Israel faces a 17-percent tariff below Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs”.
Israel just lately moved to cancel remaining tariffs on US imports. The 2 international locations’ free commerce settlement, signed 4 many years in the past, ensures that about 98 p.c of US items enter Israel tax-free.
Netanyahu is at the moment visiting Hungary on his first journey to Europe since 2023 in defiance of the Worldwide Felony Court docket’s (ICC) arrest warrant towards him for alleged battle 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 isn’t a member of the courtroom.
Additionally on the agenda might be stalled efforts to succeed in 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 relating to its nuclear programme. Iran has stated it might be keen to carry oblique talks.
Western international locations, led by the US, have, for many years, accused Tehran of in search of nuclear weapons. Iran rejects these allegations and maintains that its nuclear actions exist solely for civilian functions.