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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Roth in Washington

Trump invites Netanyahu to be first foreign leader to visit White House

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Donald Trump (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on 26 July 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Donald Trump has invited Benjamin Netanyahu to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House, in a major concession to a US ally who is wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes.

The invitation was made in a letter from the US president, which invited the Israeli prime minister to come to the White House on 4 February to “discuss how we can bring peace to Israel and its neighbors, and efforts to counter our shared adversaries”.

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