Trump met with Netanyahu for 90 minutes at his residence in Trump Tower in Manhattan, where they talked about ‘military assistance, security and regional stability, ‘ according to Israeli and campaign officials.
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Reporters were barred from covering either meeting. Clinton, known for her extensive experience in government, is more comfortable discussing substantive issues than pitching her candidacy; and Trump excels as a self-promoter and an unsparing critic of his adversaries.
She also stressed her support for the new, record setting, military aid agreement reached earlier this month between the U.S. and Israeli.
Netanyahu has so far avoided meeting with either candidate, having been accused in 2012 of interfering in U.S. politics by hosting Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Jerusalem just three months before the vote but reports indicate the meetings materialized with a phone call between Trump’s aides and Netanyahu’s advisers.
Netanyahu met privately with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for more than an hour at Trump Tower in NY on Sunday morning.
It would guarantee “Israel’s future as a secure and democratic Jewish state with recognised borders and provides the Palestinians with independence, sovereignty, and dignity”.
The aide said that Clinton “committed to continue to work closely with Israel to enforce and implement the nuclear deal with Iran …”
Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister thanked Trump for his friendship.
Haaretz reported that Kerry in the meeting said that Israelis and Palestinians are “moving in the direction of a binational state rather than a Palestinian state alongside Israel and are also headed toward war”.
Both meetings come on the eve of the . Trump has proposed building a wall along the length of the southern border to keep out people and illegal drugs and often points to Israel as an example of how such barricades can be successful. Netanyahu, who in 2012 acted in a way that was perceived as him interfering on behalf of nominee Mitt Romney and against the incumbent president, Barack Obama, is interested in avoiding giving even the slightest impression of interference.
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But it also served to showcase the candidates’ expertise in foreign policy in the shadow of their first debate Monday, six weeks before Election Day. Trump had planned a trip to Israel in December but called it off when Netanyahu joined the chorus repudiating Trump’s call to prevent Muslims from entering the United States. Most nations maintain embassies in Tel Aviv.
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