The call came just a day after Trump publicly defended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara.
By United with Israel Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump held another phone call Thursday evening as Israel and the United States continued coordinating closely amid the escalating confrontation with Iran and growing regional tensions.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Trump updated Netanyahu on the latest U.S. military operations in the Persian Gulf, where American forces have carried out consecutive nights of strikes against Iranian military targets following Tehran’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Netanyahu, in turn, raised what his office described as the increasingly severe anti-Israel rhetoric from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials. He also emphasized the importance of maintaining security zones along Israel’s borders.
The call came just a day after Trump publicly defended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara, saying Netanyahu had made “rough” remarks about Turkey while praising Erdogan and signaling continued interest in strengthening U.S.-Turkey defense ties, including a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets.
Despite the ongoing coordination between Washington and Jerusalem, a White House official told Walla on Thursday that there are currently no plans to schedule a meeting between Netanyahu and Trump.
The statement comes despite Trump’s comments over the weekend that the two leaders would meet soon and an announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office last week saying the sides had agreed to hold a meeting in the United States in the near future.