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Team Trump calls in Netanyahu for private meeting with Republican candidate

September 25, 2016 11:27

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Benjamin Netanyahu, currently in New York, has been asked to attend a private meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday morning.

According to local reports, after the Trump campaign team spoke to Mr Netanyahu’s staff on Friday to arrange the one-to-one, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office then lodged an identical request with the Clinton campaign in a bid to avoid the appearance of favouring the GOP candidate.

The meetings with both candidates, which will be closed to the press, will take place on Sunday.

The rival nominees are due to take part in the first televised presidential debate of the campaign on Monday, to be held at New York’s Hofstra University.

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