The Axios News Network reported on the 11th local time that, according to two Israeli officials and two U.S. officials briefed on the meeting, israeli minister of Strategic Affairs Rowen Delmer met with president-elect Donald Trump at mar-a-lago Tuesday.
The report quoted an Israeli official as saying the meeting was aimed at conveying a message from the Benjamin Netanyahu to Donald Trump, donald Trump was briefed on Israeli plans in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Iran over the next two months.
Israeli minister of Strategic Affairs Rowen Delmer, file photo, source: US media
An American official said, “What the Israelis want to sort out with Donald Trump is what he [ Donald Trump ] wants resolved by January 20[ Inauguration Day ] and what he would prefer the Israelis to wait for him to solve.”
The officials also noted that the Israelis wanted to know Donald Trump’s position on the cease-fire effort, the Gaza post-war plan and the normalization of relations with the Saudis.
Donald Trump’s spokesman, Delmer and the Israeli Prime Minister’s office did not respond to requests for comment, the report said.
According to the report, Delmer is the Benjamin Netanyahu’s Minister of Strategic Affairs and served as the Israeli ambassador to the Donald Trump during his first term.