Netanyahu will skip Trump’s inauguration, Israeli officials say
From CNN’s Tamar Michaelis and Nadeen Ebrahim
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scrapped plans to attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, Israeli officials told CNN on Thursday.
The prime minister hadn’t formally announced a trip to the US, but Israeli media has reported that he was expected to attend the ceremony.
News of Netanyahu’s change of plans came two days after judges involved in his long-running corruption trial announced that his next court hearing will be held on January 20, the day of Trump’s inauguration.
Netanyahu has repeatedly spoken on the phone with the incoming US president since Trump won the election in November. Both Trump and Biden are pushing Israel and Hamas to reach a hostage and ceasefire deal before Trump’s inauguration.
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