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WASHINGTON ― Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House, marking the second time Trump has hosted the Israeli leader since Trump’s return to office.
The visit, confirmed by a White House official, comes as Israel has escalated attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to seek shelter in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war.
Israel resumed military operations in Gaza on March 19 after a two-month ceasefire, which included the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. The militant group Hamas did not respond to an Israeli proposal this week for a new ceasefire.
Along with the war in Gaza, the two leaders are expected to discuss Trump’s recently announced tariffs that included a 17% duty on imports from Israel. Netanyahu will be the first world leader to have a chance to lobby Trump face-to-face to pull back on the historic tariffs, which upended global markets this week.
To try to avoid the tariffs, Israel had preemptively lifted all tariffs on U.S. exports. Despite Netanyahu’s strong ties with Trump, those efforts did not dissuade the Trump administration, which cited “non-tariff barriers” from Israel such as intellectual property theft in addition to Israel’s trade deficit with the U.S.
Trump last hosted Netanyahu at the White House on Feb 4. During that visit, Trump called for the U.S. to take over and redevelop the Gaza Strip, and relocate roughly 2 million Palestinians to neighboring Arab countries.
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