Netanyahu to Meet with Clinton, Trump

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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with both Democratic presidential nominee Hilary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in separate meetings in New York City on Sunday.

A senior "Israeli" official informed Haaretz that the meetings between Netanyahu and the candidates materialized during the last 24 hours, starting with a phone call Trump's aides held with the prime Bibi's advisors.

Once it was clear that a meeting between the two was possible, Netanyahu's office contacted Clinton's campaign and asked to hold a meeting with her too.

Netanyahu, who in 2012 acted in a way that was perceived as him interfering on behalf of nominee Mitt Romney and against the incumbent president, Barack Obama, is interested in avoiding giving even the slightest impression of interference.

"The prime minister's instruction was clear - if we meet with one side, we must also meet with the other side," the senior official said. "We are following the number of meetings to make sure that one side doesn't get more meetings than the other."

On Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, also in New York for the UN's annual gathering, held two separate meetings with Clinton and Trump. During the meetings, the two candidates presented their positions concerning the Middle East, and Egypt specifically.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team