Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu It will be received for the second time since Donald Trump took office in Washington for the second time since Donald Trump took office. Netanyahu wants to talk to the US president about the US tariffs. In addition, the efforts of the release of the Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip and the threat of Iran should be, the office of the Israeli head of government announced, and a US government official confirmed the meeting for Monday in the White House.
In the course of his new customs policy, the US President also imposed tariffs of 17 percent on imports from Israel. Shortly before the new US tariff was announced, Israel had deleted the last remaining Israeli imports on US goods. 99 percent of imports from the United States were previously customary. Still documented Trump In addition to several other trading partners, Israel also with new taxes. Netanyahu is the first foreign head of government since the polling of the tariffs, who personally tries in Washington to obtain better trade conditions.
Negotiations on a new ceasefire in Gaza strip And the release of the hostages remaining in the violence of the radical Islamic Hamas should also be discussed. Trump and Netanyahu are also likely to exchange ideas about Iran. The US President wants to negotiate a new agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. At the same time, the US President threatened to intervene militarily.
Netanyahu wants to talk about the International Criminal Court
According to his office, Netanyahu also wants to talk about his “fight against the International Criminal Court” at the meeting with Trump. The ICC had issued an arrest warrant against Netanyahu in November for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip. This week Netanyahu had traveled to his counterpart Viktor Orbán in Hungary. It was Netanyahu’s first trip to Europe since the arrest warrant. The government in Budapest had announced immediately before the meeting of Hungary. The
USA In February, sanctions were imposed on the chief bank of the Criminal Court, Karim Khan. Trump accused the court based in the Hague of “abusing his power” when he acted against Netanyahu.
Trump had already received Netanyahu as the first foreign guest in his second term in early February. The second meeting is considered a further gesture of support for the right -wing prime minister, who is internationally criticized because of the warfare in the Gaza Strip. During the visit in early February, Trump announced that the United States would take control of the Gaza Strip and wanted to develop the Palestinian coastal area destroyed by the war economically as the “Riviera of the Middle East”.
