The President said before signing the order withdrawing the U.S. from the humanitarian body that the United Nations has not lived up to its potential.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival as the first foreign leader to pay President Donald Trump a visit since he returned to the White House comes at a consequential moment.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas, as the US president suggested permanently resettling Palestinians from war-battered Gaza.

Prior to the bilateral meeting, the White House tried to put a humane spin on Trump's outlandish proposal, which critics and historians have likened to ethnic cleansing.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are holding a joint news conference on Feb. 4 after meeting at the White House.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Benjamin Netanyahu meets U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister is expected to try to turn the page on sometimes tense relations with the Biden White House as the two leaders address the future of the Gaza ceasefire and ways to counter Iran.

President Trump said that the United States should take over Gaza and forcibly relocate two million Palestinians. Leaders in Gaza and Arab nations immediately rejected the idea.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday with President Donald Trump at the White House amid phase two of a fragile cease-fire pact, as Trump called for the United States to take control of the Gaza strip.

President Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House to discuss the future of a Gaza cease-fire and wider Middle East strategy. Photo: Shawn Thew/Bloomberg News