Netanyahu meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago, offering optimism on Gaza cease-fire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited former U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump's Florida resort on Friday (July 26) for a meeting that could ease tensions between two leaders who forged a close alliance during Trump's years in the White House.Netanyahu met Trump, the Republican nominee in the 2024 U.S.

presidential race, a day after Netanyahu met Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running against Trump in the Nov. 5 U.S. election.The long-time Israeli leader rearranged his U.S. travel schedule to meet Trump.

He landed in Palm Beach early on Friday.The meeting between Trump and Netanyahu signalled that both were looking to ease tensions.The Israeli leader angered Trump when he congratulated Biden on his victory over Trump in the 2020 election. Trump has falsely claimed the election was stolen from him by voter fraud.Trump more recently criticized Netanyahu for Israeli security failures around the Oct.