- In a phone call last year, President Donald Trump reportedly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he even cares about making peace with the Palestinians.
- Trump reportedly saw on the news that Netanyahu was seeking to build further settlements in disputed territories of the West Bank, which the president thought would anger Palestinians.
- The relationship between the traditionally close allies has strained recently over diverging Middle East strategies.
Read the report by Rosie Perper in Business Insider Australia.