Netanyahu rejects calls to cancel assembly over Republican presidential frontrunner’s remarks that Muslims should be banned from entering the USThe Israeli prime minister,Binyamin Netanyahu, has confirmed he will meet Donald Trump despite an international outcry over the Republican presidential frontrunner’s suggestion that Muslims should be banned from entering the US.
The assembly – scheduled before Trumps remarks triggered outrage in the US and globally – is due to take place on 28 December and is certain to be controversial in a country where a large minority of Israeli citizens are Muslims of Palestinian origin. Dozens of Israeli lawmakers own called for the invitation to be rescinded over the controversy.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com