Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Tuesday night, and is scheduled to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, according to reports.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Tuesday night, and sources described the meeting as 'good', according to reports. Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today (Wednesday).
The initial report of the Vance meeting was published by journalist Yaron Abraham (N12) at 15:37 Jerusalem. Moments later, Amichai Stein (i24NEWS) reported that Israeli sources described the meeting as 'good'. At 15:49 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the Hegseth meeting was scheduled for today.
The meetings are part of a series of high-level bilateral sessions. As The Zioneer reported on Tuesday evening (21:25 Jerusalem), Netanyahu was expected to hold one-on-one meetings with Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Hegseth. Israeli officials attached special importance to the Vance meeting, following recent statements by the Vice President on Iran and Israel. Vance has been a central figure in the administration's Iran strategy, including the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
Details of the specific agenda for the Hegseth meeting remain unclear, and no further information has been released about the outcome of the Vance meeting beyond the characterization of it as 'good'.
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