A new report indicates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart for Washington, D.C., on Sunday and meet President Donald Trump on Monday, following an earlier Wednesday evening report that included a Tuesday funeral. The new report does not mention the funeral.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expected trip to Washington has been updated again: according to a new report circulating Wednesday evening (18:04 Jerusalem), he will depart on Sunday and meet President Donald Trump on Monday. The report follows an earlier Wednesday evening report (17:36 Jerusalem) that had included a Tuesday funeral for Senator Lindsey Graham as part of the itinerary; the new report makes no mention of the funeral.
The scheduling has shifted repeatedly over the past several days. On Sunday 12:02 Jerusalem, The Zioneer published multiple reports: first, that the meeting was expected Monday but not finalized; then that it was set for Monday; then that Netanyahu would depart Saturday night; then that he would depart Sunday and attend the funeral on Tuesday. The earlier Wednesday report (17:36) had consolidated the Sunday departure and Tuesday funeral. The latest report (18:04) drops the funeral entirely, leaving the schedule as a two-day trip without the funeral element.
The trip has been the subject of weeks of speculation, with earlier reports suggesting a Saturday night departure and no confirmed meeting with Trump. The meeting comes amid ongoing negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and regional security arrangements, as The Zioneer reported on Saturday July 4. The White House has not commented on the reported schedule, and the Prime Minister's Office has not issued an official confirmation.
What remains open: the new report is based on a single unconfirmed source, and it neither confirms nor denies the funeral attendance. The earlier Wednesday report's funeral detail has not been retracted, but it is also not repeated. Official confirmation from both the PMO and the White House is still pending.
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