Middle East News Update

President Trump & Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting in the Oval Office

Trump in a joint statement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

President Trump's words:

We have found some solutions to some issues. We will continue to work on them.

We are friends of Israel. I am the best president Israel has ever had.

It is a great honor for me to welcome you to the White House.

We talked about Iran.

Netanyahu's words:

We talked about the hostages and the war in Gaza. We want to get all the hostages out of Gaza.

We talked about tariffs. We will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States quickly.

We talked about additional countries that would accept Gazans who wanted to leave.