Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump in Washington next week, reported The Hill on July 24. Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Monday and meet with Trump at the White House, according to his office. He will also attend the funeral for Sen. Lindsay Graham, who died suddenly on July 11.
Israeli journalist Ben Caspit, writing in Al Monitor, reported that Netanyahu is trying to prepare the public for the possibility of Israel re-joining the US military campaign against Iran ahead of the October elections. , Israeli political sources told Al-Monitor. “As he plummets in the polls, Netanyahu is attempting to justify reopening the Iranian front, a move the security establishment would rather avoid, the sources argued,” Caspit writes. “They pointed to reports on the Mossad uncovering an Iranian espionage ring and on Iran moving thousands of centrifuges into Pickaxe Mountain, saying Netanyahu and his associates are using leaks and releases to sway public opinion.” The first report on Pickaxe Mountain was published by The Wall Street Journal on July 20. “The push is expected to top the agenda during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington on Monday,” Caspit added.
