By Admin 
After the resumption of war in the Middle East, now a rift is clearly visible in the relations between US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Even after trying for two weeks, Netanyahu was not given an appointment to meet Trump at the White House. After this, Netanyahu canceled his American tour scheduled for next week.
Netanyahu has visited the Oval Office six times
Since Trump became President again a year and a half ago, Netanyahu has visited the Oval Office six times, which is more than any other leader in the world. Each of these meetings was finalized within a few hours or days. This time, Netanyahu had been trying to get an appointment for more than two weeks, but he did not get permission. Trump told Axios earlier this month that Netanyahu had called him to congratulate him on the 250th Independence Day and expressed his desire to meet him at the White House.
Trump had earlier expressed his desire to meet
Trump had said at that time that Netanyahu could meet him after returning from the NATO summit in Ankara. As days passed and Trump returned from the summit, no meeting was scheduled. Following the news of former senator Lindsey Graham’s death, Netanyahu’s office said he wanted to attend the funeral. It was said that he was going to meet Trump on Monday (July 20, 2026).
Israeli security officials had reached US
Netanyahu’s office also asked the Israeli Air Force to keep its government aircraft ready and sent an advance team of security officials to Washington as per protocol. However, on Thursday (July 16) morning, Netanyahu’s office announced that his planned visit had been canceled because Graham Lindsay’s funeral had been postponed.