Trump, Netanyahu to meet at White House as Israel seeks tariff relief, discussions on Iran, Gaza hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday with Washington s in recent days imposed global tariffs set to be part of their talks This meeting comes at a critical moment on various key issues the efforts to return our hostages being held by Hamas the instability in Syria and the threats posed by Iranian proxies Israeli Ambassador to the U S Yechiel Leiter described Fox News Digital The contemporary implementation of tariff protocol will also be discussed Just as Prime Minister Netanyahu was the first world leader to visit President Trump in his second term in the White House he is now once again the first leader to meet with the president with regard to deepening economic ties and putting contract relations in order he added Netanyahu last met with Trump in Washington on Feb UK PRIME MINISTER TO ADMIT GLOBALIZATION IS OVER IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP TARIFFS REPORTIn Wednesday's Liberation Day announcement a tariff on goods imported from Israel a baseline on all countries that took effect on April and an additional was scheduled for April The fear is that these tariffs will hurt exports of diamonds as well as high-tech or defense systems like drones If our income were to be reduced as a conclusion this would be a issue Alex Coman a value-creation expert at the Holon Institute of Innovation in Israel advised Fox News Digital These tariffs came as a surprise Prior to this decision there were very limited imposed a multitude of products did not have them and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich eliminated those that existed adding As such I am very optimistic that these tariffs will be reduced HERE S A CLOSER LOOK AT TRUMP S TARIFF PLAN WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW DUTIESU S total goods arrangement with Israel was an estimated billion in including billion in exports up million from according to the Office of the United States Deal Representative U S goods imports from Israel totaled billion in up billion from the previous year The U S arrangement deficit with Israel was billion in an increase million over The Trump administration reportedly calculated the tariff by dividing the exchange deficit billion by the value of imports to America billion and then essentially halving the figure to reach The subject was raised during a phone call between Trump and Netanyahu on Thursday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb n also taking part The next day Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with the Israeli premier to underscore U S advocacy for Israel according to a U S readout of the call ISRAEL KILLS TERRORIST LINKED TO BIBAS MURDERS US CITIZEN KIDNAPPINGSTrump s move surprised Netanyahu prompting him to begin efforts to negotiate a reduction of the tariff to Smotrich also signed an order to eliminate the last remaining Israeli tariffs on the import of primarily agricultural goods from the U S Jerusalem and Washington signed a free agreement deal in the United States' first-ever such agreement and since then specific of goods have been traded tax-free Netanyahu and Trump will also discuss the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip along with efforts to free the remaining hostages taken during Hamas' terrorist attack on Oct Turkey s military intervention on behalf of the new al Qaeda-linked leadership in Syria the Iranian nuclear threat and the ongoing battle to thwart the International Criminal Court s arrest warrants for Israeli leaders according to the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem The top issue to be discussed will be Iran because it seems nuclear negotiations might begin I believe Netanyahu will want to caution Trump ahead of time Ariel Kahana a senior diplomatic correspondent for the Israel Hayom daily newspaper described Fox News Digital We saw the statement about the U S sending a second THAAD anti-missile battery to Israel on top of equipment America is already sending and they will want to coordinate all of that together he continued They will also talk about the war in Gaza the hostages and the tariffs which Netanyahu will try to at least lower With regards to Turkey I assume Netanyahu will ask Trump to put selected limits on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan It seems that both Israel and Turkey are trying to expand their presence or pursuits in Syria and it might reach a point that could lead to a direct military conflict Kahana disclosed Upon leaving Hungary on Sunday Netanyahu reported reporters about the importance of his visit to meet with President Trump at the White House on Monday I can tell you that I am the first international leader the first foreign leader who will meet with President Trump on this issue which is so central to Israel s economic system There is a very long line of leaders who want to do the same regarding their own economies I believe this reflects the special personal relationship and the special bond between the United States and Israel which is so vital at this time Netanyahu mentioned