US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “get along very good” and that the Israeli premier “knows who the boss is,” in a brief phone interview with Axios.

Trump also confirmed that he would soon meet with the Israeli leader, saying that Netanyahu had asked him for a meeting at the White House, and that it could take place as early as next week after the NATO summit in Turkey.

The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Friday that the two leaders spoke on the phone and “agreed to meet soon in the US.”

An Israeli official told Axios that the meeting “might take place the week after [next]” due to scheduling difficulties.

“During their conversation, the Prime Minister said that the United States is a guarantor of global freedom, and that Israel greatly values the close relationship between the two nations,” Netanyahu’s office said Friday.

The upcoming meeting will be the first between the two leaders since February, when Netanyahu presented Trump with plans for their joint military operation against Iran.

It comes amid ongoing tensions over Washington’s peace negotiations with Iran, which Israel fears will lead to a deal that will be detrimental to its security. Last month, after weeks of negotiations, the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and undertake 60 days of negotiations on a final deal covering Iran’s nuclear program.

Israel was not a party to the deal and is not involved in the resulting negotiations, but its fight with Iran has also........

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