ConfirmedDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States
Trump and Netanyahu meet at the White House for the first time since the Iran war began
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 10:57 AM in New York
- Where
- Washington, D.C., United States
Netanyahu arrived at 10:57 a.m. ET and met Trump for a little over an hour, with Vance, Rubio and Hegseth present, right after Trump met Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy. An Israeli source called the talks 'extremely positive' and said both reaffirmed that Iran must never have nuclear weapons; beforehand Trump said of Iran's Pickaxe Mountain site, 'I don't need Bibi to tell me that.'
Why it matters
Israel had stayed out of the July fighting; its defense minister said the same day that Washington was not approving Israeli strikes on Iranian energy targets.
Sources (5)
- Al Jazeeraaljazeera.com
- CNNcnn.comPublished
- CBS Newscbsnews.comPublished
- CBS News (2)cbsnews.comPublished
- CNN (2)cnn.comPublished
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Correction
- Corrected the time from 4:00 PM New York time, Jul 28, 2026 to 10:57 AM New York time, Jul 28, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "Netanyahu lands in Washington as Tehran restates its claim over the waterway"); revised the summary; revised the context note; changed the confidence label from reported to confirmed; updated the sourcing note; added 4 sources: CNN, CBS News. Why and evidence
