Hebrew media: Netanyahu will travel to Washington next week to meet Donald Trump

Various media outlets have reported conflicting accounts about the possibility of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveling to Washington next week to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Some Israeli media outlets have reported stepped-up efforts to arrange the trip, while White House officials have said such a meeting is not on Trump’s schedule. These remarks came after Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu intended to travel to the United States.

• Israeli media, citing informed sources, reported that Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington next week to meet with Donald Trump.
• Mehr News and Khabar-e Fori published the report, citing Israeli media and informed sources.
• IRNA and Jamaran also reported increased efforts to arrange Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the United States next week.
• Israel Army Radio reported that contacts and coordination to facilitate Netanyahu’s meeting with Donald Trump next week have increased.
• ISNA and Mehr (Telegram), citing a senior White House official, reported that no meeting with Netanyahu is currently on Trump’s schedule for next week.
• The White House official’s remarks came after the Israeli Channel Kan reported that Netanyahu intended to travel to the United States in the coming days.
• Etemad (Telegram), citing a senior White House official, told Axios that “at this stage,” there is no meeting with Netanyahu on Trump’s schedule for next week.
• Khabar-e Fori also noted that Axios, citing a senior White House official, said Netanyahu’s trip was not on President Trump’s schedule for next week.
• Hamshahri newspaper, citing Hebrew-language media and informed sources, published the report of Netanyahu’s trip to Washington to meet Trump.
• Anadolu, in a separate report citing Trump, said that the United States will attack Iran’s power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran returns to negotiations.. Coverage difference: Media outlets such as Mehr News, IRNA, Jamaran, Khabar-e Fori, and Hamshahri emphasized the possibility of Netanyahu’s trip to the United States and increased efforts to arrange the meeting, citing Israeli or Hebrew-language media and informed sources as their sources. In contrast, ISNA, Mehr (Telegram), and Etemad (Telegram), citing remarks by a senior White House official, highlighted the absence of such a meeting from Trump’s schedule. These two narratives are in direct conflict, with one group of media emphasizing the likely trip and the other emphasizing that it has not been scheduled.