{"id":2366840,"date":"2024-11-10T12:22:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T17:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-and-trump-have-spoken-three-times-since-the-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T12:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T17:23:57","slug":"netanyahu-and-trump-have-spoken-three-times-since-the-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-and-trump-have-spoken-three-times-since-the-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu and Trump have spoken three times since the election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-and-trump-have-spoken-three-times-since-the-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2366840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin\u2063 Netanyahu recently revealed \u2063that he has held three conversations with President-elect Donald Trump since \u200bthe latter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">electoral victory<\/a>, emphasizing that\u2063 they share a\u2063 mutual perspective on the Iranian\u200d threat. Netanyahu was the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-francis-joins-the-cdc-and-the-who-in-pushing-covid-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Red Francis Joins the CDC and the WHO in Pushing COVID Vaccinations\">world leader<\/a> to \u2064congratulate Trump\u200d on\u200d his win,\u2062 a gesture he \u2062also extended \u2063to\u2062 President\u2063 Biden in 2020. The discussions reportedly focused on \u2062the dangers posed by Iran and the prospects\u2064 for peace in the region. \u200c <\/p>\n<p>A senior \u2064Israeli official announced plans \u200dfor Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to visit\u200c Trump at Mar-a-Lago in the\u200d coming week. Trump&#8217;s adversarial stance towards\u200c Iran is well-known, particularly\u2064 following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. As Trump prepares to take office, he faces significant escalating violence \u2063between Israelis and Palestinians and rising tensions in Lebanon. While he\u2063 has expressed\u200b a commitment\u200c to\u200d achieving \u2064peace, his approach to these\u200c ongoing conflicts\u2062 remains\u200b unclear, with mixed messages directed towards both Jewish and Muslim \u2062constituents during his campaign.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Netanyahu and Trump have spoken three times since the election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1877296\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Benjamin Netanyahu\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said that he spoke with President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Benjamin Netanyahu\">Donald Trump<\/a> three times in recent days, adding that the two see &ldquo;eye to eye&rdquo; on Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Netanyahu was the first world leader to congratulate Trump on his victory, as he was for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> in 2020. Previously, only one phone call between Netanyahu and Trump was known before Sunday &ndash; Netanyahu revealed another two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3187727\/biden-mishandling-classified-documents-presidential-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS LOOMS OVER PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These were very good and important conversations. We see eye to eye on the Iranian threat in all its components, and the danger it poses. We also see the great opportunities that Israel faces, in the field of peace and its expansion, and in other areas,&rdquo; Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Israeli official told <em>Axios<\/em> that Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will be sent to Mar-a-Lago this week.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s animus for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran<\/a> is well-known. Tehran has openly signaled its intention to assassinate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> in retaliation for his assassination of former Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Trump will inherit the bloodiest round of fighting between the Israelis and Palestinians since the 1948 Independence War, a war that has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">largely turned global opinion<\/a> against Israel. The war expanded into Lebanon last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has remained largely ambiguous on the specifics of how he will handle the Wars in Gaza and Lebanon. During the campaign he made appeals to both Jewish and Muslim voters within the context of the conflicts, usually urging both sides to accept a peace deal, as he did with Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>He said in a July <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3098988\/trump-israel-needs-end-war-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"interview\">interview<\/a> with <em>Fox and Friends<\/em> that Israel should end the war in Gaza &ldquo;quickly,&rdquo; criticizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-does-not-show-israeli-settlers-trying-to-tear-palestinian-child-apart\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Does Not Show Israeli Settlers Trying To Tear Palestinian Child Apart\">country&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s public relations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Israel is not very good at public relations,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Israel has to handle their public relations, their public relations are not good. And they have got to get this done fast because the world is not taking lightly to it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also maintained a friendly relationship with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whom he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/08\/trump-abbas-call-end-gaza-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"spoke with\">spoke with<\/a> after his Tuesday victory. The two hadn&rsquo;t directly spoken since Trump moved the United States Embassy to Jerusalem in his first term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During their phone call, Trump told Abbas that he was committed to ending the war as soon as possible and bringing peace to the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Wars in Gaza and Lebanon played a part in Trump&rsquo;s electoral victory, stripping away Muslim and Arab votes from Vice President Kamala Harris in key swing states such as Michigan. Trump won the Muslim bastion of Dearborn, Michigan, a prospect previously unthinkable in 2020 or 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1877296\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1877296\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu and Trump have had three recent discussions, aligning on Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2366841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24207792005592-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,6571,6524,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2366840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-elections","tag-netanyahu","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24207792005592-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366840"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366844,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366840\/revisions\/2366844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}