President Donald Trump (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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.
