The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received this Friday at his vacation home in Mar-a-Lago (Florida) to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahua day after the Israeli leader met separately with the president of EU, Joe Bidenand the vice president, Kamala Harrisat the White House.
Trump greeted the Israeli leader with a friendly gesture at the door of his mansion and the two greeted each other with a firm handshake before going inside, according to a video posted on social media by members of the former president’s campaign.
After welcoming the Israeli Prime Minister and his wife, Sarah Netanyahuboth entered the mansion to hold a meeting that is expected to take place behind closed doors and could last between two and three hours.
Netanyahu traveled to Washington this week to address Congress and urge elected officials to continue U.S. support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
After arriving at the airport Fort LauderdaleThe Israeli president arrived at Mar-a-Lago around noon, the area around which was today heavily patrolled by police and the streets leading to the former president’s residence (2017-2021) closed to traffic.
Around fifty pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on Southern Boulevard, the bridge that leads to the island of Palm Beach, where Trump’s mansion and social club are located in South Florida.
However, the County Police Palm Beach He said they had arranged space on both sides of the road for people to greet or demonstrate for or against.
Amid security concerns, especially following the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw He said that his department has been training for four years to provide protection to the former president and that they have never had any failures.
Netanyahu arrived in Florida from Washington, where he gave a speech in Congress on Wednesday and held a meeting with Biden and the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate on Thursday, Kamala Harris.
The likely Democratic presidential nominee after Biden dropped out of the race warned Netanyahu that she “will not remain silent” in the face of human suffering in Gaza.
He told reporters he had a “frank and constructive” conversation with Netanyahu in which he backed Israel’s right to defend itself and the need to bring home hostages held by Hamas, but also insisted it was time to end the war.
“I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu that it’s time for the deal to be done. So to all of you who have been calling for a ceasefire and yearning for peace, I see you and I hear you. Let’s get the deal done to get a ceasefire and end the war,” Harris told reporters at the end of the meeting.
Netanyahu and Trump had already met before, when the Republican was president, although the latter criticized the Israeli prime minister for being one of the first to congratulate Biden when he was elected in the 2020 elections, the results of which the former president still does not recognize.
Trump told the television show on Thursday ‘Fox & Friends’ that Netanyahu was “very kind” to him in his speech to the US Congress, and expressed his gratitude that the Israeli leader came to visit him.
But in the program, Trump also warned Netanyahu that he needs to end the war, and soon. EFE (I)
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