Trump and Netanyahu to Meet Dec. 29 at Mar-a-Lago
The session is positioned to advance Trump's Gaza peace framework through appointments to a new Board of Peace.
Overview
- Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office confirmed the Palm Beach meeting, which will be the leaders’ fifth U.S. encounter this year.
- Israeli outlet Maariv reports Netanyahu will depart Dec. 28 and return Jan. 3 with Palm Beach as his only stop.
- Neither side has released an agenda, but reporting indicates discussions are likely to focus on implementing the next phase of the Gaza plan, including an international stabilization force and a Palestinian technocratic government under the Board of Peace.
- Trump is expected to announce the committee and Board of Peace members before Christmas, according to reporting.
- The talks follow U.S.-brokered direct Jerusalem–Beirut contacts, the first since 1993, as reports point to Hezbollah rearmament, and the White House has warned that Israeli strikes in Syria could jeopardize a potential security agreement there.