Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has taken off on his first trip to meet President Donald Trump and a number of other senior United States officials.
Before leaving, Netanyahu paraphrased for reporters what he had told senior Israelis in preparatory meetings for the trip, saying, "I will lead and I'll navigate, and that's exactly what I intend to do, to lead and steer the historic alliance between Israel and the United States in the national interest of the State of Israel and for all Israeli citizens."