Jerusalem, April 14 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will not travel to Israel to attend the country’s 78th Independence Day celebrations next week in view of the ceasefire schedule with Iran, the Israeli media reported on Tuesday. Israeli news media outlet Ynet reported that Trump will not come to Israel on Independence Day and he will not participate in the Israel Prize ceremony – “not even via a video speech”.In December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that, breaking wi…
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Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that US President Donald Trump would receive Israel’s highest civilian honour, the Israel Prize, citing his “tremendous contributions to Israel and the Jewish people.”“We decided to break a convention,” Netanyahu said at a joint news conference with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. “That is to award the Israel Prize, which in almost our 80 years, we’ve never awarded it to a non-Israeli.”Netanyahu said the …