"Officials in Jerusalem and Washington are in advanced talks to arrange a visit by US President Donald Trump to Israel in May," the Times of Israel newspaper stated.
An Israel trip could be added to Trump’s plans to attend a NATO summit in Brussels on May 25, the Times and other Israeli media outlets reported.
Israel Radio quoted a senior diplomatic official who said the chances of a presidential visit were about 80 percent.
A visit before the NATO summit would coincide with Israel’s celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, in which Israel captured Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip from Arab armies.
The war itself took place in June 1967, but commemorative events are expected to begin on May 23. The conflict began on that date when Egypt closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli bound shipping.
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