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The two men, who were close allies, will meet after the Israeli minister delivers a speech to Congress and meets with President Biden at the White House.
By Michael Gold
Information from West Palm Beach, Florida.
Former President Donald J. Trump, who considers himself Israel’s unwavering best friend to ever occupy the Oval Office, will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida, the Trump firm said Tuesday.
“I look forward to welcoming Bibi Netanyahu to Mar-a-Lago,” Trump wrote in a post on his social media site, referencing his club and residence.
The two men’s meeting will focus on Netanyahu before Congress in Washington on Wednesday and his meeting with President Biden at the White House on Thursday. (Trump announced three other dates: A first message Tuesday afternoon indicated that he would meet with Mr. Netanyahu on Wednesday, then deleted that post and replaced it with one that said Thursday. A few minutes later, he said that the assembly had been moved to Friday (at Mr. Netanyahu’s request).
Netanyahu and Trump were close allies during Trump’s presidency. But their appointments became tense when the prime minister congratulated Biden on his victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Trump, who continued to falsely insist that he won the 2020 election, called the move unfair. And days after Hamas’ fatal attacks on Israel in October, Trump criticized Netanyahu and Israeli intelligence for being ill-prepared.
In the months that followed, Trump dropped his criticism. He expressed his defense of Israel’s right to protect itself and strongly denounced pro-Palestinian protesters on American school campuses. He advised that he favored greater use of force in Gaza.
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