Netanyahu met with the Democratic nominee Sunday night at the W Hotel in NY after spending almost 90 minutes with the Republican nominee at Trump Tower.
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Trump and Netanyahu also discussed “at length” the Iran nuclear deal, the fight against the Islamic State and other regional security concerns, according to the Trump statement.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will debate tonight for the first of three times. While Netanyahu will also be meeting with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to avoid the perception of bias, reported NPR, it’s clear why Netanyahu might want to hear the theoretical future Republican president out based on this position alone.
Mr Trump’s campaign released a statement after the Trump Tower gathering, saying the two men spoke for an hour about terrorism, Iran, Isil and cybersecurity. Clinton’s campaign said in a statement that the two had an “in-depth conversation”.
A statement from the prime minister’s office said: “Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked Mr Trump for his friendship and support of Israel”.
In a Jerusalem Embassy Act (JEA) passed by the Congress on October 23, 1995, the legislators call Jerusalem “undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected”, urging the executive branch to recognize Jerusalem as “the capital of the State of Israel” and to move the U.S. embassy there.
A statement issued by the Trump campaign’s press office said that the GOP candidate “acknowledged that Jerusalem has been the eternal capital of the Jewish People for over 3,000 years”.
The two politicians spoke for almost 90 minutes and were joined by Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, and Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner.
That divergence in stances between the branches of government would end under a Trump administration, the magnate told Netanyahu during their private meeting lasting more than an hour at Trump Tower on Sunday.
Reporters were barred from covering the meeting. Trump has argued that he has extensive experience with foreign policy through his career as a business executive and blames Clinton for numerous nation’s stumbles in foreign policy. Trump has said he will erect a fence between the United States and Mexico to keep out infiltrators. 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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The meeting between the two leaders reportedly lasted for almost 90 minutes.
