Netanyahu was appointed in Israel to talks with Trump in Washington, DC Politics News

American media reports say that US and Israeli officials did not know that the meeting will be held in the White House on Monday.

Netanyahu’s office announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington, DC for talks with US President Donald Trump on a set of issues, including customs tariffs and Iran.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on Saturday that the flight schedule will include Turkish relations, “Iranian threat”, the Israeli war on Gaza, definitions, and “combating the International Criminal Court.”

American media reports reported that US officials who were not named and Israeli officials said that the meeting would be held at the White House on Monday.

Trump’s invitation came after a phone call between the two leaders. Netanyahu raised the issue of definitions during the conversation. Israel faces a 17 % tariff under the so -called “mutual definitions” of Trump.

Israel recently moved to cancel the remaining definitions on American imports. The two countries’ free trade agreement, which signed four decades ago, included that about 98 percent of American goods enter Israel’s tax exempt.

Netanyahu is currently visiting Hungary on his first trip to Europe since 2023 in a challenge of the International Criminal Court detention note (ICC) War crimes In Gaza.

The Hungary government announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before Prime Minister Victor Urban welcomed his Israeli counterpart. The United States is not a member of the court.

Also on the agenda, efforts to reach a new agreement will be stopped on the ceasefire deal in Gaza and the return of the Israeli prisoners kept by Palestinian groups there. Israel renewed its attacks on Gaza last month, as a short -term truce with the Palestinian group Hamas crashed.

Trump also Iran pressed To enter talks about a new deal regarding its nuclear program. Iran said it would be ready to hold indirect talks.

Western countries, led by the United States, have been accused for decades of time, Tehran of searching for nuclear weapons. Iran rejects these allegations and confirms that its nuclear activities exist only for civil purposes.