Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought at a press conference Wednesday evening to refute rumors of a fracturing relationship with the U.S.
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East last week, Netanyahu insisted that warming relations between the U.S. and Arab nations won’t harm U.S.-Israel relations, The Times of Israel reported.
“Let me give you some details that perhaps haven’t been made public,” Netanyahu said, according to a translation of his remarks from The Times of Israel. “A few days ago … I spoke on the phone with President Donald Trump. And he said to me, literally: ‘Bibi, I want you to know—I have absolute commitment to you. I have absolute commitment to the state of Israel.’”
Netanyahu also recounted a recent call with Vice President JD Vance, saying, “He said to me … ‘Listen, don’t…
