WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet with US President Donald Trump Monday then immediately fly back home cutting sh
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet with U. S. President Donald Trump Monday, then immediately fly back home, cutting short his trip in response to a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu had been scheduled to have dinner at the White House Tuesday and also give an address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a major U. S. lobbying group for the Jewish state.
He pledged in a statement announcing the change in his trip that Israel would respond with force to what he called a ‘criminal attack’ on Israel.
The rocket hit a house in central Israel, northeast of Tel Aviv, wounding seven people.
Netanyahu’s abbreviated visit comes as he seeks a political boost in a tough re-election contest set for April 9, and as Trump is expected to formally recognize Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights.
