For the first time since Iran war, Trump and Netanyahu meet amid fraying ties

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the White House, marking his first meeting with President Trump since the United States and Israel launched a full-scale air campaign against Iran in late February. France 24 reports that Netanyahu played a key role in convincing Trump to authorize that campaign—which has since become a significant political liability for the President. The relationship between the two leaders has deteriorated amid continued Israeli strikes in Gaza despite a ceasefire, the occupation of southern Lebanon, and rising settler violence in the West Bank, developments that have eroded both public and political support for Israel in the United States.

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