Following a Sunday meeting of the political-security cabinet ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's meeting on Wednesday with United States President Donald Trump, the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement that said the ministers agreed that there is great importance to closer relations with the United States at the government level and interpersonal level.

Arutz Sheva has learned that Netanyahu refused to back off from the "two states" solution for Israel and the Palestinian Authority and warned of unwanted confrontation with the new US president.

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