Overview
- Israeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington for meetings with President Trump and to attend memorial events for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, but the full itinerary is still being finalized.
- Sources report Netanyahu plans to depart Israel after Shabbat and that travel timing and meetings remain provisional pending final confirmation from both sides.
- Israeli diplomatic sources say Netanyahu intends to urge the White House to prioritize curbing Iran’s nuclear program over any deal that would chiefly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- Separately, U.S.-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon concluded another round in Rome and are moving to expanded technical discussions to implement pilot zones for phased Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese army deployment.
- Graham’s death, widely mourned in Israel and the U.S., underlines the personal ties shaping the trip and could sharpen public U.S.-Israel coordination on Iran and the northern Lebanon front in the coming days.