U.S. President Donald Trump invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House “in the near future,” during a phone call between the two leaders late on Dec. 1, the prime minister’s office said.
“The two leaders stressed the importance and obligation of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, and discussed expanding the peace agreements,” Netanyahu’s office said in a Dec. 2 statement.
The visit would be Netanyahu’s fifth since Trump’s return to office in January. The leaders have met repeatedly in both the United States and Israel this year, holding talks and press conferences focused on Gaza and the October cease-fire that ended the conflict there after more than two years….