Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the United States to discuss foreign relations but he will have to wait until Tuesday to meet with President Trump. He is the first foreign dignitary to visit the new Trump administration by invitation.
Netanyahu will first meet with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East. On Wednesday, he will hold meetings at the Pentagon and on Thursday, he will meet with members of Congress, presumably those who are heavily funded by Israel.
The timing is interesting because the second phase of the ceasefire discussions with Hamas is still ongoing. Netanyahu has said many times that Israel intends to resume military operations in Gaza after hostages are exchanged and Hamas says that it cannot agree to that. It would seem that this impasse is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Meanwhile, Israel blew up a neighborhood in the West Bank over the weekend but both Israel and Palestinian authorities said that the area had been evacuated so there are no reported casualties.
