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U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday. The Israeli leader was originally scheduled to travel to Washington on Feb. 18, but renewed U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran last week pushed up the meeting, as Netanyahu seeks to make sure that Israel’s concerns are included in any deal.

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U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday. The Israeli leader was originally scheduled to travel to Washington on Feb. 18, but renewed U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran last week pushed up the meeting, as Netanyahu seeks to make sure that Israel’s concerns are included in any deal.

Wednesday’s conversation—the two leaders’ seventh since Trump took office in January 2025—was more low-profile than usual. Netanyahu entered the White House out of view from cameras, and he met with Trump behind closed doors, with no scheduled press conference after. However, Netanyahu made clear ahead of the meeting that he intended to encourage Trump to press for limits on Tehran’s missile arsenal as well as an end to Iranian support for its proxy groups, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, in upcoming nuclear talks.

“I will present to the president our outlook regarding the principles of these negotiations—the essential principles which, in my opinion, are important not only to Israel, but to everyone around the world who wants peace and security in the Middle East,” Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

Trump appears to be on the same page. “It’s got to........

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