Former President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
Former President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Friday, the primary time the pair have met for the reason that former president left workplace in January 2021.
“If we don’t,“ he added, ”you’re going to finish up with main wars within the Center East, and perhaps a 3rd world warfare.”
That work included negotiating the Abraham Accords, relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and “recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights,“ the marketing campaign mentioned. The Trump staff additionally cited “eliminating Qasem Soleimani, ending the horrific Iran Nuclear Deal, in addition to combatting anti-Semitism in America and overseas” as accomplishments.
Former President Trump additionally “expressed his solidarity with Israel” within the wake of the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas terrorists. He promised “to convey Peace to the Center East and fight anti-Semitism from spreading all through faculty campuses throughout the US.”
The final time Mr. Netanyahu met with former President Trump was on the White Home in September 2020 at a signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords deal, which was brokered by the previous president.
Each President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who’s now thought of the presumptive Democratic nominee, met with Mr. Netanyahu on the White Home earlier this week. Neither attended Mr. Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Tuesday.
Throughout his speech on Tuesday, Mr. Netanyahu made point out of former President Trump’s assist of Israel, particularly for the Abraham Accords, which have been a collection of agreements to normalize relations between Israel and Bahrain in addition to Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
“I need to thank President Trump for his management in brokering the historic Abraham Accords. Like People, Israelis have been relieved that President Trump emerged secure and sound from that dastardly assault on him, dastardly assault on American democracy. There is no such thing as a room for political violence in democracies,” the Israeli prime minister mentioned.
His speech grew to become the thing of protests on the U.S. Capitol and round Washington, the place some anti-Israel protesters burned American flags. Some additionally introduced their assist for Hamas, the Palestinian group that has lengthy been deemed a overseas terrorist group by the U.S. Division of State and launched an assault that left 1,200 Israeli civilians useless final October.
In response, Ms. Harris on Thursday criticized the burning of American flags in Washington and pro-Hamas graffiti in Washington.
“I condemn the burning of the American flag,” the vp mentioned in an announcement. “It ought to by no means be desecrated in that method.”
Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) advised reporters on Thursday that he additionally condemns the graffiti, saying, “it’s unacceptable to deface public property, desecrate the American flag, threaten Jews with violence, or promote terrorist organizations like Hamas.”
After Ms. Harris met with Mr. Netanyahu on Thursday, she advised reporters that she believes that Israel has the correct to defend itself however that she has considerations concerning the state of affairs in Gaza.
“I’ll all the time be certain that Israel is ready to defend itself together with from Iran and Iran-backed militias corresponding to Hamas and Hezbollah,” the vp mentioned.
Israel has the “proper to defend itself, however the way it does so issues,” she mentioned. Of their assembly, Ms. Harris mentioned she spoke with the Israeli prime minister concerning the “the dimensions of human struggling in Gaza, together with the dying of far too many harmless civilians.”
Janice Hisle contributed to this report.
