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 Jerusalem (CNN) President Donald Trump sought to rebut claims Monday that he damaged Israeli intelligence capabilities by revealing highly classified information to Russian operatives earlier this month. 
 
 Trump is accused of disclosing the information during an Oval Office session with the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador to the United States on May 10. The information centered on attempts by terrorist groups to load bombs into laptops in an attempt to blow up airliners. 
 
 The accusations, however, never suggested that Trump told his Russian visitors that the information came from Israel. Instead, the information Trump revealed is thought to have been so specific that its origin was clear. 
 
 Standing alongside Netanyahu on Monday, Trump nearly escaped answering questions about the intelligence dust up. He appeared to walk away from his Israeli counterpart before shaking hands, and then returned to finish the photo-op. 
 
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 "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel. Never mentioned it during our conversation," Trump said to reporters before his private meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 
 
 Trump was referring to his May 10 meeting at the White House with Russia's Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The president reportedly shared intelligence information from Israel about ISIS to the Russians. 
 
 He has defended his disclosure, arguing he has the right to share such information with Russia. 
 
 ABC News reported that his sharing of the information jeopardized exposing an Israeli spy who provided the intelligence on an active ISIS plot. 
 
 At a brief public appearance with Netanyahu today, Trump said he did not mention Israel at the fateful meeting. 
 
 "They're all saying I did," he said, "so you had another story wrong." 
 
 In fact, there were no allegations that Trump mentioned the source of the intelligence to the Russian officials. 
 
 National security adviser H.R. McMaster, who was at the May 10 meeting, said in a press conference last week, "At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed, and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly." 
 
 At today's public appearance, Netanyahu did not appear to be disturbed about Trump's disclosure of intelligence. 
 
 "The intelligence cooperation is terrific," Netanyahu said. 
 
 Trump's meeting with Netanyahu was just one highlight of his busy schedule since arriving in Israel around noon local time on Monday, the second stop of his first foreign trip as president. 
 
 He made history today, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. He was accompanied by first lady Melania Trump; his son-in-law, Jared Kushner; and his daughter Ivanka Trump. Donald Trump's visit to the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, pleased Israeli officials. But in preparations for the visit, a junior U.S. official commented to Israelis that the site is "not your territory. It's part of the West Bank" — a remark that an Israeli official said was "received with shock." 
 
 Donning a yarmulke, Trump solemnly placed his hand on the Western Wall and, after taking a few moments, left a note behind. 
 
 Before arriving at the Western Wall, he and the first lady toured the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City — one of Christianity's holiest sites, where Jesus is believed to have been entombed. Trump delivered remarks alongside Rivlin, repeating what he wrote in the Israeli president's guestbook, saying, "I am honored to be in the great state of Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people." 
 
 Donald and Melania Trump were greeted upon their arrival in Israel by Netanyahu; his wife, Sarah Netanyahu; Israeli President Reuven Rivlin; and his wife, Nehama Rivlin. 
 
 "On my first trip overseas as president, I have come to the sacred and ancient land to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the United States and the state of Israel," Donald Trump said this morning on the tarmac of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. 
 
 "We have before us a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to this region and to its people, defeating terrorism and creating a future of harmony, prosperity and peace. But we can only get there working together," he continued. 
 
 Later in the day as Trump and Netanyahu convened at the prime minister's residence, they continued to showcase their warm relationship, delivering complimentary words for each other. 
 
 "We understand each other," said Netanyahu. "And so much of the things that we wish to accomplish for both of our countries.” 
 
 Trump continued to express confidence in assisting Israel and Palestine in reaching a peace accord. 
 
 "It's not easy. I've heard it's one of the toughest deals of all,” Trump said. “But I have a feeling that we're going to get there eventually. I hope.” 
 
 Tomorrow, Trump will have a private meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and participate in a wreath laying at the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem. 
 
 Trump will not announce during his visit any move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to a senior White House official who cautioned that it's not the right time for such a pronouncement, as the administration is focusing on brokering a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. 
 
 Moving the embassy was a campaign promise of Trump's going back to the Republican primaries. In a March 2016 speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, he vowed, "We will move the American Embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem." 
 
 Most foreign nations' embassies in Israel, including the United States' since 1966, are in Tel Aviv. Any move of the embassy to Jerusalem would likely be viewed as provocative to leaders of Arab nations and to Palestinians, who claim that city as the capital of a future state. 
 
 Trump does not expect to convene a joint meeting with Abbas and Netanyahu on this trip, although he hopes that will happen after another round of separate meetings with the leaders, the senior White House official said. 
 
 "We're not here to force people to do things one way or the other with regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," the official said. 
 
 The stop in Israel comes after Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, and will be followed by a trip to the Vatican, where Trump will meet with the pope. ||||| >> This is our minute-by-minute live updates story. For Trump's first remarks in Israel, click here >> 
 
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 U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Israel on Monday. Ahead of a talk with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he did not mention the word "Israel" in his meeting with Russian officials at the White House. Earlier, Trump said there's a "rare opportunity" to bring security to the region, defeat terror and create harmony and peace. Follow our live updates of the president's visit as it develops. 
 
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 12:05 A.M.: Trump: Arab leaders willing to take steps toward Israel if progress made with Palestinians 
 
 The Arab leaders U.S. President Donald Trump met with Sunday are willing to take steps toward Israel if the Israeli-Palestinian peace process makes progress, Trump told Israeli leaders Monday, a senior Israeli official told Haaretz. 
 
 Netanyahu shake hands after delivering press statements prior to an official dinner in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. /AFP 
 
 Trump stressed that all the Arab leaders who were at the Riyadh summit, and especially Saudi King Salman, raised the Palestinian issue with him, the official said. They also told him they wanted to see progress on the peace process and expressed a willingness to help. (Barak Ravid) Read the full story 
 
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 11 P.M.: In Israel, Trump fits right in - if only he would stop talking about peace 
 
 Trump, in some not necessarily complimentary ways, is more “Israeli” than any of his predecessors. He’s brash and abrasive and arrogant. He often talks before thinking; is insensitive to others; doesn’t care for political correctness or for the sensitivities of minorities; believes that might makes right; detests international organizations and multilateralism, and doesn’t think much of Europe either. 
 
 The only trait Trump is showing that might jar with Israelis is his repeated insistence, amplified in Jerusalem, that peace is attainable and that he is the agent of its achievement. It is a declaration that was seen as naive and messianic and vaguely anti-Israeli when Obama dared make it, so it perplexes Israelis to hear Trump promote peace as a realistic option. (Chemi Shalev) Read the full story 
 
 10:40 P.M.: Give Ivanka Trump a break, she didn’t get the Western Wall wrong 
 
 When Ivanka Trump, a daughter and adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump, visited Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday, she left a note between its stones, as is traditional, and then tweeted out a photograph of herself, writing: “It was deeply meaningful to visit the holiest site of my faith and to leave a note of prayer.” 
 
 A few snarky readers of the first daughter’s Twitter feed corrected her, arguing that the holiest site is the Temple Mount, not the Kotel below it. But Trump deserves to win this round. (David B. Green) Read the full story 
 
 Ivanka Trump touches the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Heidi Levine/Pool 
 
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 9:20 P.M.: Parochial Israeli reception makes even vulgar President Trump look statesmanlike 
 
 Israel welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday with a provincially embarrassing display of provinciality. By the end of the reception at Ben-Gurion International Airport, even the U.S. president – a coarse, vulgar man with no sense of ceremony – looked statesmanlike, if not downright regal. He was surely in mild shock at what he had been through. (Yossi Verter) Read the full story 
 
 U.S. President Donald Trump places a note in a gap in the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 22, 2017. RONEN ZVULUN/AFP 
 
 8:25 P.M.: Trump: Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is "one of the toughest deals of all" 
 
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 Well this is embarassing https://t.co/XaPL1AbCm5 pic.twitter.com/mumhuQHDFz — Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) May 22, 2017 
 
 Following his closed-doors meeting with Netanyahu, Trump says he is willing to cooperate on working toward renewing efforts on reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. 
 
 Speaking alongside Netanyahu in a joint press conference, Trump adds in a reference to the peace agreement: "I've heard it's one of the toughest deals of all." He added, however, that he has "a feeling that we're going to get there eventually." 
 
 8:09 P.M.: The Netanyahus introduce their son Yair to the Trumps in front of the cameras ahead of delivering joint statements to the press 
 
 Moments earlier, Sara Netanyahu complains to Trump: "If we could only paint the walls" of their residence. 
 
 7:36 P.M.: Trump’s glaring omission of Russia - the bear in the Mideast room 
 
 The focus of much of Donald Trump’s swing though Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Palestinian territories has been on heroes and villains. But in the U.S. president's taxonomy of good and evil, there is one particularly glaring omission. (Bradley Burston) Read the full story 
 
 7:29 P.M.: Why Trump's Western Wall visit is actually bad news for the Israeli right 
 
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 In an attempt to apply symbolism to every step that Donald Trump takes on his short visit to Israel and the territories, Israeli politicians and the local media have made a major fuss of the fact that Trump is the first U.S. president to visit the Western Wall while in office. They even tried to make it out as some wonderful gesture to Israel and the Jewish people. 
 
 But it was nothing of the sort. (Anshel Pfeffer) Read the full story 
 
 MK Oren Hazan took a selfie with Trump. @oren_haz /twitter 
 
 7:16 P.M. Melania's slap down and 6 other awkward moments of Trump visit in Israel 
 
 From visible tension between Trump and the first lady to a shameless Israeli lawmaker’s selfie with the leader of the Free World, here are 7 moments that will make you cringe. (Judy Maltz) Read the full story 
 
 6:07 P.M. During remarks ahead of the meeting with Netanyahu, Trump said he did not mention the word "Israel" in his meeting with Russian officials at the White House. 
 
 "Just so that you know - I never mentioned the word Israel," Trump said. Netanyahu told the press that intelligence cooperation between the two countries was "excellent." 
 
 Trump also touched upon Iran, saying, “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, that I can tell you.” He added that Iran should be thanking America for getting a “great deal.” (Barak Ravid) Read the full story 
 
 >> Read more: Israel and Washington want to bury Trump’s leak. But the damage is done >> 
 
 4:24 P.M. Donald and Melania Trump arrive with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. 
 
 Trump arrives at the Western Wall with his wife Melania Trump, daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner. In deference to Jewish religious custom, Trump and Kushner (Ivanka Trump's husband) part ways with them. Trump and Kushner visit the men’s prayer plaza, while the first lady and daughter visit the women’s section. 
 
 Wearing a skullcap, Trump slips a note with a prayer deep into the Western Wall. Accompanied by Kushner, Trump receives an explanation about the holy site from Mordechai Eliav, the director-general of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation. 
 
 President Trump speaks to Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem as first lady Melania stands with them at the entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS 
 
 Ivanka Trump appears moved during the visit, as she wipes a tear from her cheek after touching the Western Wall. She seems to be deep in thought and prayer. Ivanka and First Lady Melania Trump receive an explanation from several Orthodox women. (Judy Maltz) Read the full story 
 
 4:04 P.M. The Foreign Ministry responds to the Hazan-Trump selfie scandal 
 
 The Foreign Ministry says Knesset Member Oren Hazan, who took an unauthorized selfie with Trump upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, wasn't among the A-list politician invited to shake the U.S. president's hand at the reception. "The Foreign Ministry only invited A-list staff, meaning the State of Israel's most senior figures," Spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said. "Unfortunately a few people who weren't on the list of senior staff snuck into the line of hand-shakers and refused to leave despite being asked to do so by the Foreign Ministry." (Barak Ravid) 
 
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 3:29 P.M. Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He is the first sitting president to visit Jerusalem’s Old City (Judy Maltz) 
 
 3:22 P.M. Arab scouts to skip Trump event after police demand removal of their Palestinian-flag emblems (Judy Maltz) 
 
 US President Donald Trump, left, meets with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Jerusalem. Evan Vucci/AP 
 
 3:05 P.M. In his remarks following his meeting with Rivlin, Trump lauded Israel as an "amazing country… what you've done perhaps virtually has never been done before" 
 
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 "Shalom," he said. "I am awed by the beauty and majesty of this sacred land." 
 
 Trump accused Iran of fomenting "terrible violence" and said that Israel and the U.S. agree that Iran must never be allowed to possess nuclear weapons and should be forced to cease funding terrorism. He further said that there's a growing realization among Israel's Arab neighbors regarding the threat posed by Iran. 
 
 He thanked Rivlin and Netanyahu for their commitment to peace with the Palestinians, and said he wants to build stronger trade ties with Israel. 
 
 3:00 P.M. Following Trump and Rivlin's meetings, the two delivered remarks 
 
 Rivlin said that "we're happy to see America is back in the region. America is back." He said Israel will do everything in its power to assist the U.S. in its commitment to fight ISIS, and expressed appreciation for the U.S. strike on an Syrian airbase in April. 
 
 President Donald Trump speaks during a welcome ceremony in Tel Aviv, May 22,2017, accompanied by Israel's President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Oded Balilty/AP 
 
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 The Jewish people returned to the historic homeland after 2000 years of exile. We created a miracle… In our most difficult times, we never gave up on our dream of living here in peace with our neighbors." 
 
 Rivlin stressed the importance of distancing Iran from Israel's borders. "We want to move forward," he said. "We must do it together with America." 
 
 2:37 P.M. Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson refuses to say Western Wall is in Israel (Amir Tibon) 
 
 2:36 Bannon, Priebus skip out on Trump's Israel visit, fly home to handle political crisis (Amir Tibon) 
 
 2:33 P.M. Israeli media welcomes Trump with English headlines and editorials (Judy Maltz) 
 
 2:30 P.M. Trump the Impossible. Trump the Asteroid 
 
 There's a theory that it would take an event as impossibly unlikely, as humanly uncontrollable, as potentially cataclysmic as an asteroid striking the earth, for Israelis and Palestinians to be able to make peace, writes Bradley Burston. 
 
 2:15 P.M. Trump meets with Rivlin 
 
 Trump tells Rivlin that "what happened in Iran has turned other parts of the Middle East toward Israel," noting that these countries "were not feeling so well about Israel not so long ago." 
 
 He said there's a "great feeling" for peace in the Middle East, and that people "have had enough of the bloodshed and the killing." He said that he expects to have "interesting talks" while in Israel. 
 
 Rivlin told Trump that "we've been waiting and praying for peace … and hope someone will bring it." 
 
 2:07 Trump arrives at the President's Residence in Jerusalem 
 
 U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania with Trump sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), his wife Sara at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel May 22, 2017. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS 
 
 2:00 P.M. Melania Trump and Sara Netanyahu's private exchange 
 
 Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel’s prime minister, probably had not intended her words for mass consumption. But an informal exchange between the American and Israeli leaders and their spouses, caught on camera after the welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport, said a lot about how she and her husband view the media – and themselves. 
 
 “Also us, the press hates and the public loves,” she confided in Melania Trump, the first lady of the United States. This was preceded by the Trump and Netanyahu sharing how much their wives liked one another. (Judy Maltz) 
 
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 1:30 P.M. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan tells Trump that there may have been a terror attack in Tel Aviv earlier on Monday - an hour and a half after police declared the incident was a car accident. 
 
 1:20 P.M. During the reception for Trump, Education Minister Naftali Bennett told the president that in honor of Jerusalem's 50th anniversary of unification, "we expect you to be the first president who recognizes united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty." Trump looked at Netanyahu and remarked, "That's an idea" 
 
 1:15 P.M. Knesset Member Oren Hazan repeatedly tries to take a selfie with Trump. Netanyahu tries to push Hazan's hand away. 
 
 1:05 P.M. Trump makes remarks on the tarmac: "On my first trip overseas as president, I have come to this sacred and ancient land to reaffirm unbreakable bond between us and Israel." 
 
 "In this land so rich in history, Israel has built one of the world's greatest civilizations, a strong resilient determined prosperous nation, forged in the commitment that will never allow horrors of last century to be repeated," he said. 
 
 Trump said he met with leaders from across the Arab world and reached "historic agreements" in fights against terror. He said there's a "rare opportunity" to bring security to the region, defeat terror and create harmony and peace, but said "We can only get there working together, there is no other way." 
 
 U.S. President Donald Trump signs the guest book at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. 
 
 He concluded by saying "We love Israel, we respect Israel" and conveying warm greetings from the American people. Read the full text 
 
 1:00 P.M. Netanyahu to President Trump: Israel shares your commitment to peace and reaches out its hand to the Palestinians 
 
 Palestinian men hold a banner bearing a portrait of US President Donald Trump (L) and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) at a printer's in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on May 21, 2017, ahead o MUSA AL SHAER/AFP 
 
 Netanyahu said Trump's visit "is truly historic": "Never before has the first foreign trip of the president of the United States included a visit to Israel." He thanked Trump for his "powerful expression of your friendship to Israel." 
 
 He said Israel has been fighting terrorism and protecting members of all faiths, "Christians, Muslims, everyone," while Christians are being prosecuted elsewhere in the Middle East. 
 
 "Israel shares you commitment to peace, we've already made peace with Egypt Jordan," he said. "Israel's hand is extended in peace to all our neighbors, including the Palestinians. We seek genuine, durable peace in which Jewish state is recognized, security remains in Israel's hands, conflict ends once and for all." 
 
 He expressed hope one day an "Israeli prime minister will be able to fly from Tel Aviv to Riyadh." Read the full text 
 
 12:50 P.M. President Rivlin welcomes Trump in a speech on the Tarmac 
 
 "Your visit is a symbol of the unbreakable bond between Israel and America," Rivlin said. "You are the President of Israel’s greatest, most important ally. You are a true friend of Israel, and of the Jewish people." 
 
 "Mr. President, the world needs a strong United States. The Middle East needs a strong United States. Israel needs a strong United States. And – may I say – the United States also needs a strong Israel... " 
 
 
 
 "Mr. President, today I will have the honor to host you in Jerusalem. We are honored to have you here with us, as we mark fifty years of ‘Jerusalem Day’, Yom Yerushalayim. It makes us very happy to know that Israel’s most important ally recognizes the significance of Jerusalem to the Jewish People. Jerusalem is the beating heart of the Jewish People: as it has been for 3000 years." 
 
 "Mr. President. You came here to Israel from Saudi Arabia. In Jerusalem, you will be at the Western Wall, and visit the holy Church, and then you are going to the Vatican. In just one journey you will visit the three holiest places for Islam, Judaism and Christianity. We each have different beliefs – but we all worship the same God. We can work together towards a better future. We shall continue to do so, together. Welcome to Israel. God bless you. God bless America. God bless Israel." (Barak Ravid) 
 
 12:44 The American and Israeli national anthems play on the tarmac 
 
 12:41 Trump is greeted by Israeli leaders upon descending from Air Force One 
 
 As he landed, Trump shook hands with Israeli President Rivlin and his wife Nechama, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife Sara, Israeli ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, and then reached the new U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, who worked for Trump as a lawyer for many years. "Who is this guy? You work out here now?" Trump asked with a smile, and then told Friedman that he "got what he wanted." 
 
 Trump then asked Friedman's wife, Kim, "are you proud of your man?" (Amir Tibon) 
 
 12:40 P.M. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner descend from Air Force One 
 
 12:22 P.M. Trump touches down in Israel 
 
 12:20 P.M. Fake Trump interviewed by Israel's Army Radio 
 
 A radio prankster pretending to be U.S. President Donald Trump succeeded on Monday to secure an interview for himself on a prime-time show on Israel's Army Radio. The prankster went on the air on a popular show hosted by Erel Segal and was interviewed for 90 seconds before the radio station's staff realized they have been duped. (Haaretz) 
 
 12:11 P.M. Trump visits Israel: 9 Must-read features and analyses 
 
 12:06 P.M. Thousands of security forces deployed, roads closed minutes before Trump lands 
 
 Thousands of Israeli police, border police and volunteers deployed throughout Jerusalem for Trump's arrival as main roads will be blocked off, including large portions of Highway 1 and Highway 6. Police told the public to use the navigation application Waze when driving in the area, saying that it would plan routes in consideration of the closed roads and heavy-traffic areas. (Yaniv Kubovitch) 
 
 11:43 A.M. Several lightly hurt, including pedestrians, in car crash in central Tel Aviv 
 
 1:27 A.M. White House welcomes Israeli economic measures designed to benefit Palestinians 
 
 The White House praised Israel's decision to implement economic measures designed for Palestinians in the West Bank, including permits for thousands of homes in Area C, where Israel has total civil and security control. 
 
 "President Trump welcomes an Israeli decision to implement a series of measures designed to begin improving both the Palestinian economy and the quality of life for the Palestinian public," the White House said in a statement. (Barak Ravid) 
 
 11:05 A.M. Trump visits Israel: Here's his full schedule for day one 
 
 10:11 A.M. Donald Trump departs Saudi Arabia for Israel 
 
 10:04 A.M. Donald Trump's visit to Israel: Eight must-read opinions 
 
 U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to Israel has been met with both excitement and trepidation, and has everyone speculating about he will do and what he should try to achieve during his visit. Here are eight must-read opinions from Haaretz's writers. 
 
 9:33 A.M. The explosive history of the Jerusalem hotel hosting Trump 
 
 It could never be confused with a Trump property: It lacks the glitz and the gold plating, not to mention the height. But there was never any doubt that when he pulled into Jerusalem on Monday, Donald Trump would be lodging at the King David Hotel. Even as the competition for the dollars of luxury travelers increases – with the addition just during the past decade of both the Mamilla Hotel and the Waldorf Astoria, both within walking distance of the 87-year-old King David – it’s still clear that the latter is the capital’s premier hostelry. (David B. Green) 
 
 9:21 A.M. Who's behind the dozens of pro-Trump billboards around Jerusalem? 
 
 When Trump arrives in Jerusalem, huge billboards proclaiming “Trump is a Friend of Zion” and requesting “Trump Make Israel Great” will greet him. 
 
 It will be hard for the American leader to avoid them. Altogether, 42 billboards featuring intertwined Israeli and American flags have been erected around the city at a total cost of $100,000. 
 
 So who’s behind this big campaign? The billboards bear the name Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, but in fact, the initiative is really the brainchild of one man – Mike Evans, the founder of this institution and among the first Christian evangelical leaders to declare his support for Trump's presidential run. (Judy Maltz) 
 
 9:19 A.M. In Bethlehem, Palestinians confident Trump's one-hour visit 'won't change anything' 
 
 Like the Palestinian government, which has been positively surprised by some recent statements from the Trump administration, social activists have also taken a relatively positive view of the visit. Nimala Kharoufeh, a member of the Fatah youth movement and the founder of nearby Beit Jala’s Beit Ashams community center, focused on comments that have raised some hopes locally, such as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s mention of the importance of Palestinian self-determination. However, her take following the speech is “unchanged,” she said. “I feel really positive, not that I have high expectations, but I’m positive about this visit. Not moving this embassy to Jerusalem is another positive step, so nothing in the speech changed my position.” (Noga Tarnopolsky, Bethlehem) 
 
 9:15 A.M. Jerusalem braces for Trump's visit 
 
 The hospitality sector in Israel has geared up for the arrival on Monday of U.S. President Donald Trump and his sizeable entourage, as well as the press corps coming to cover the visit. 
 
 The Israel Airports Authority has asked people using Ben-Gurion International Airport around midday on Monday and Tuesday afternoon, when he will be departing, to get to the airport early and be in touch with their airlines regarding possible changes in flight times. 
 
 International flights on low-cost carriers that normally use Terminal 1 are being transferred to Terminal 3 until early Wednesday morning. Domestic flights from the airport to Eilat will operate normally. Trump’s presence will also be disrupting highway traffic and security will be particularly tight. (Gili Melnitcki) 
 
 9:14 A.M. Harness Trump’s determination to attain the ultimate Middle East deal 
 
 If the Israeli government truly seeks peace as it claims, it must harness Trump’s determination in order to bravely draft its path to a diplomatic solution. The Israeli right is torn between the annexationist wing and the wing that believes the only solution is the division of the country one way or another. Those who oppose annexation, most of the nation, must take advantage of Trump’s special temperament by joining together to say no to the annexationist right and opening a new chapter in the Middle East. (Haaretz Editorial) 
 
 9:09 A.M. As Trump leaves Saudis for Israel and Palestinians, Kushner moves center stage 
 
 The visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority could be the perfect opportunity for Jared Kushner to take the stage and increase his involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian file. But in order for that to happen, the president's arguably closest adviser will need to find time in an increasingly packed schedule, a schedule that could become even tighter if the recent rumors and allegations connecting him to the investigation into Trump's ties with Russia turn out to be true. (Amir Tibon) 
 
 9:03 A.M. After Riyadh speech, Trump comes to Israel as a messianic opportunist 
 
 Donald Trump changed America’s standing in the Middle East on Sunday, perhaps historically. He reversed eight years of foreign policy carried out by his predecessor, Barack Obama. He positioned himself as champion of Saudi Arabia and Sunni Islam and as chief adversary of Iran and the Shia. He embraced the kingdoms, sheikdoms, dictatorships, military regimes and popular democratic republics of political Islam and absolved them of the human rights and democratic mumbo-jumbo that Obama used to torment them with. Like Benjamin Netanyahu before him, Trump is now Mr. Terror, a leader for whom all other considerations are subordinate to the fight against it. (Chemi Shalev) 
 
 9:00 A.M. Israel isn’t a bling nation that can impress Trump. And that’s a good thing 
 
 It’s usually easy for Israel to put on a good show for the intelligent statesman on his first visit. For a start, they can take him to one of the high-tech hubs and present a few snazzy start-ups. There’s even one right next to the makeshift helipad at First Station. But one can imagine Trump’s eyes glazing over minutes into the explanation of any cutting-edge innovation. Even the sums of money made in high-tech exits are unlikely to impress an old-fashioned businessman who made (and lost) billions through tangible real estate and glitzy branding. Just the very idea of making a profit out of ideas is alien. The closest he ever got to selling ideas was the Trump University scam. (Anshel Pfeffer) 
 
 8:58 A.M. Trump plans to shower Israel with love, but it might be a honey trap for Netanyahu 
 
 The visit to Jerusalem is important to both Trump and Netanyahu for the same reason. Both want to show that the tensions that characterized the U.S.-Israeli relationship during Barack Obama’s eight years in office are over. Both want the public parts of the visit to be full of symbolic gestures, photo-ops and expressions of incredible friendship, that will leave no doubt as to the state of bilateral relations – the complete opposite of the Obama era. 
 
 But the love with which Trump will envelope Netanyahu during the visit could turn out to be a honey trap for the premier. Netanyahu could find hints of this during Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia, which he delivered just as the security cabinet was being convened to approve a package of economic concessions for the Palestinians. If Netanyahu had left the security cabinet meeting to watch Trump’s speech he would have been delighted. (Barak Ravid) 
 
 8:30 A.M. - Fuming Netanyahu orders ministers to attend Trump's reception after most refuse to show up 
 
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has required all cabinet ministers to attend the reception ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. A senior Israeli official said that Netanyahu issued his instructions after finding out that most ministers were not planning on attending the event. 
 
 During a Sunday meeting of coalition heads, Netanyahu was notified that there would be a sparse attendance of ministers at the reception and that most party heads wouldn't participate in it. Netanyahu was furious and blew up the meeting, a senior official who attended the meeting said. Immediately afterwards, the Prime Minister's Bureau issued an instruction to all government ministers according to which they must participate in the airport reception. (Barak Ravid) 
 
 7:00 A.M. - Behind the Scenes of the Trump Administration's Tug-of-war Over the Israel Embassy Move 
 
 Keep the embassy in Tel Aviv or move it to Jerusalem? The issue has turned into a fierce struggle between Trump's advisers and his top cabinet members. He has until June 1 to decide. Barak Ravid has all the inside information. 
 
 6:45 A.M. - These are the voices whispering in Trump’s ear about Israel and how to make the 'ultimate deal' 
 
 Lacking a clear and consistent policy to go on, many observers are looking for clues by examining what the president’s advisers on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process are calling for. And while most U.S. administrations in recent decades have housed different schools of thought, the diverse range of opinions in the Trump administration seems truly extraordinary. 
 
 So who are the people advising the 45th president on Israel, and what are they telling him? Here’s a list from both inside and outside the administration. ||||| (CNN) Newly re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed US President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia over the weekend as a "theatrical gathering" that would do nothing to combat terrorism in the region. 
 
 In a news conference in Tehran on Monday, Rouhani said Trump's first visit abroad was a "theatrical gathering with no practical or political value." 
 
 "You can't solve terrorism just by giving your people's money to a superpower," Rouhani said. 
 
 He was referring to a $110 billion military deal Trump clinched with Saudi Arabia during the US President's first foreign trip since he took office, one of the biggest arms sales in history. 
 
 Earlier Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi called on Washington to abandon its "warmongering policy, intervention, Iranophobia and sales of dangerous and useless weapons to the main sponsors of terrorism," according to state-run Press TV. 
 
 "Unfortunately, under the hostile and aggressive policies of the American statesmen, we are witnessing a renewed strengthening of terrorist groups in the region and miscalculation of the dictatorships which support these groups," he was reported as saying. 
 
 Using more measured tones, Rouhani said Tehran was waiting before passing any judgment on the new government in Washington. 
 
 The 68-year-old leader also said the US had been wrong in its interventions in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. 
 
 "The Americans do not know our region. That's the problem. Those who are advising the Americans are unfortunately rulers who deviate America with unsound advice or buy some influence in the US with their money," he said. 
 
 In a further dig at Iran's biggest rival in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Rouhani reiterated the Iranian assertion that Saudi Arabia had been behind the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US in which nearly 3,000 people died. 
 
 He said people in the US would not be willing "to exchange what they lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks for certain sums and then forgive those acts." 
 
 Trump says Iran is region's main sponsor of terrorism 
 
 In a speech to Arab Muslim leaders in Riyadh on Sunday, Trump singled out Iran as the world's biggest sponsor of terrorism. 
 
 "From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms, and trains terrorists, militias, and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region," Trump said. 
 
 "For decades, Iran has fueled the fires of sectarian conflict and terror. It is a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing the destruction of Israel, death to America, and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room." 
 
 Rouhani, a pragmatist and in Iranian terms a moderate, was re-elected for a second term with 57% of the vote in presidential elections last Friday, promising better relations with the rest of the world and more jobs for Iran's young people. 
 
 In his news conference, Rouhani vowed to defeat terrorism in the region during his four-year term. 
 
 He also said Iran would continue with its ballistic missile program. 
 
 "Our missiles are for peace and for defense... American officials should know that whenever we need to technically test a missile we will do so. We don't need their permission." 
 
 Rouhani was a key architect of the 2015 nuclear deal with the US, the European Union and other partners. 
 
 His first term was marked by an emergent international outreach, an approach supported by then-US President Barack Obama. 
 
 Trump meets with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on Monday. 
 
 On Monday Trump arrived in Israel, where he again singled out Iran. Standing next to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Trump said: "The United States and Israel can declare with one voice that Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon, and must cease its deadly funding, training and equipping of terrorists and militias." 
 
 The nuclear agreement has been controversial in both the US and Iran, and it emerged as a top campaign issue in Iran's election. 
 
 Under the agreement, Iran pledged to reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98% and significantly scale back its number of installed centrifuges. 
 
 In exchange, the US and the EU lifted some of the sanctions that have crippled the country's economy. 
 
 The fall in global oil prices has dented most of the economic benefits the opening of markets in the West may have had on Iran, leading to accusations from opponents Rouhani has not honored his promises. 
 
 Conservative clerics were also angered by the fact that men and women danced together in the streets of Tehran following Rouhani's election victory, testing the country's strict segregation rules, Reuters reported. ||||| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP) (Associated Press) 
 
 JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's first trip abroad (all times local): 
 
 6 p.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump says he never "mentioned the word or the name Israel" during a recent conversation with top Russian diplomats. 
 
 Speaking alongside Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump was referencing revelations that he divulged classified information about an Islamic State threat in a recent meeting with Russia's foreign minister and ambassador. 
 
 U.S. officials said the information originated from Israel. 
 
 Trump says, "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel in that conversation." But it was never alleged that Trump told the Russians that Israel was the source of the intelligence, just that he shared the information with the Russians. 
 
 Netanyahu added that U.S.-Israeli intelligence cooperation is "terrific." 
 
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 5:45 p.m. 
 
 Israeli police say a Palestinian was killed after he tried to stab officers near Jerusalem as President Donald Trump visited the city. 
 
 Spokeswoman Luba Samri says the man was shot after running with a knife at officers near Abu Dis, a Palestinian town on the outskirts of Jerusalem. 
 
 The incident occurred as Trump visited Jerusalem's Old City a few miles away. 
 
 Since 2015, Palestinians have killed 42 Israelis, two visiting Americans and a British student in scores of attacks. In that time, Israel says some 246 Palestinians died by Israeli fire, mostly attackers. 
 
 Israel blames the violence on incitement by Palestinian leaders compounded on social media sites that glorify and encourage attacks. 
 
 Palestinians say it stems from anger over decades of Israeli rule in territory they claim for a future state. 
 
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 4:30 p.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump has paid his respects at the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray. 
 
 Wearing a black skullcap, Trump walked slowly toward the wall and pressed his right hand flat against the stone for about 30 seconds. He then tucked a prayer note into a deep crevice. His wife and daughter Ivanka, who converted to Judaism, visited the women's section of the wall. 
 
 The site in Jerusalem's Old City in east Jerusalem was at the center of a recent spat between the two allies following the U.S refusal to say it is part of Israel. 
 
 Before visiting the Wall, Trump visited the Church of the Holy Supulchre. It's believed to be where Jesus was crucified, and where his tomb is located. 
 
 Trump is on his first visit to Israel as president. 
 
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 4:15 p.m. 
 
 U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is touting President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, partly because of the lack of protesters in Riyadh, the capital. 
 
 Ross seemed unaware that dissent is swiftly punished in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has also increased its public beheadings. 
 
 Ross said during an interview with CNBC on Monday that he believed there was some "liberalizing" in the theocracy, a repressive society in which women have far fewer rights than men. 
 
 He illustrated that point by saying he saw "not a single hint of a protester" during the president's two-day stay. 
 
 In a speech Sunday on combatting extremism, Trump suggested that the U.S. would no longer emphasize human rights in its dealings with the Middle East. 
 
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 3:15 p.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump has signed the guestbook at the official residence of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. 
 
 In a short inscription, Trump wrote: "It is such a great honor to be in Israel and be with all of my great friends!" 
 
 Following tradition, a tree was planted in Trump's honor in the presidential garden, as has been done for other visiting dignitaries, including the pope and former President Barack Obama. 
 
 Rivlin showed Trump the almond tree, whose plaque quotes a Psalm saying, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem." 
 
 Rivlin told Trump on the way out that "indeed we pray for peace in Jerusalem." 
 
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 3 p.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump says Israel's Arab neighbors are realizing they share a "common cause" with Israel in the threat from Iran. 
 
 Trump is urging the U.S. and Israel to boost cooperation against common threats, and declaring that Iran never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. 
 
 He says Iran — Israel's chief enemy in the Middle East — must also cease funding, training and supplying weapons to terrorist groups and militias. 
 
 Speaking during his first visit to Israel as president, Trump says there is strong consensus on these issues among the world's nations, including many in the Muslim world. 
 
 Trump also thanked Israel's leaders for being committed to achieving peace between Israelis and Palestinians. 
 
 He meets Tuesday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'). 
 
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 2:30 p.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump says in Israel that there's a "great feeling for peace throughout the Middle East," expressing optimism at the start of his visit. 
 
 Trump says alongside Israeli President Reuven Rivlin that people have had "enough of the bloodshed and the killing." 
 
 Rivlin tells Trump that "we are praying for peace and we are pushing for peace for the last 100 years and with god's help somebody will bring us peace." 
 
 The White House has downplayed the prospects of a breakthrough on jumpstarting the Middle East peace process but Trump has been bullish on the potential for peace during his presidency. 
 
 Trump is meeting Tuesday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'). 
 
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 1:30 p.m. 
 
 As President Donald Trump shook hands with Israeli Cabinet ministers and dignitaries, it didn't take long for Mideast politics to make their way into the presidential visit. 
 
 Israel Education Minister Naftali Bennett, leader of the nationalist Jewish Home Party, told the president that the time has come for the U.S. to recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel. 
 
 On the campaign trail, Trump promised to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He has backed away from that promise since taking office, saying the issue needs more study. 
 
 Israel captured east Jerusalem 50 years ago and claims the area — home to sensitive Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy sites — as part of its capital. The Palestinians also claim east Jerusalem as their capital. 
 
 It was not immediately clear how Trump responded to Bennett. 
 
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 1:25 p.m. 
 
 A lawmaker from Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party whipped out his cellphone and pushed himself into a selfie with President Donald Trump. 
 
 Backbencher Oren Hazan nudged himself into the line of Israeli dignitaries greeting Trump upon his arrival at the airport in Tel Aviv. After shaking Trump's hand, Hazan said "I wish I could do a selfie with you." Trump responded "What?" but an undeterred Hazan took out his phone and posed alongside an unamused Trump. 
 
 Netanyahu was unsuccessful at pushing aside the wayward lawmaker's arm. 
 
 In his two years in office, Hazan has generated much outrage for his antics. He's faced accusations of assaulting a public official, sexually harassing women, pimping prostitutes and providing drugs to tourists at a Bulgarian casino. 
 
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 1:05 p.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump says peace in the Middle East can be achieved only by working together. He says, "there is no other way." 
 
 Trump spoke during a brief airport ceremony after he arrived in Israel on his first visit as president. 
 
 Since taking office in January, Trump has been bullish about wanting to help Israelis and Palestinians achieve a peace that so far has been elusive. Trump meets later in the day with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 
 
 On Tuesday, Trump sits down with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS'). 
 
 At the airport, Trump urged both sides to take advantage of the "rare opportunity" that he says currently exists under his administration to bring security, stability and peace to the region and its people. 
 
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 1 p.m. 
 
 Israel's prime minister has praised President Donald Trump's "clarity and conviction" in his speech in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. 
 
 In the speech, Trump laid out a call to combat Islamic radicalism. 
 
 At an airport greeting ceremony, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has been at the front line of the fight against terrorism for decades. 
 
 At the same time, he says Israel welcomes Trump's push for peace, and its hand is extended in peace "to all neighbors, including the Palestinians." 
 
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 12:55 p.m. 
 
 Trump's visit to Israel began with a lighthearted moment. 
 
 Trump landed at Israel's international airport in Tel Aviv and was greeted by Israel's president, prime minister and their wives after descending the stairs from Air Force One. 
 
 Walking along a red carpet before the national anthems were played, Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "What is the protocol?" 
 
 Throwing up his hands, Netanyahu replied: "Who knows?" 
 
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 12:50 p.m. 
 
 Iran's foreign minister has accused President Donald Trump of using foreign policy as an excuse for selling billions of dollars' worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. 
 
 Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted "Iran-fresh from real elections-attacked by US President Donald Trump in that bastion of democracy and moderation. Foreign policy or milking KSA of $480B?" KSA is an abbreviation for Kingdom of Saudia Arabia. 
 
 Meanwhile, official IRNA news agency said the foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi, strongly condemned the promotion of Iran-phobia by the U.S. "Washington stops policies such warmongering, interventions, Iran-phobia and selling dangerous and useless weapons to main terrorists supporters." 
 
 Trump and Saudi King Salman signed agreements Saturday cementing their countries' military and economic partnerships. 
 
 The agreements include a military sales deal of about $110 billion, effective immediately, plus another $350 billion over the next 10 years. 
 
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 12:10 p.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump is opening his first visit to Israel as president. 
 
 Air Force One touched down in Tel Aviv Monday morning. Israel is the second leg of Trump's first foreign trip, an ambitious five-stop swing through the Middle East and Europe. 
 
 The president will meet Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He'll also visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Western Wall, an important Jewish holy site. 
 
 On Tuesday, Trump will meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. White House advisers have downplayed the prospects of a breakthrough on the jumpstarting the Middle East peace process during the president's trip. 
 
 From Israel, Trump will head to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis. He'll close his trip with summit meetings in Brussels and Sicily. 
 
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 10:30 a.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump's flight from Riyadh to Tel Aviv may make history as the first direct flight between Saudi Arabia and Israel. 
 
 The president is set to land at Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday for a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. 
 
 Saudi Arabia doesn't recognize Israel and the two states don't have diplomatic relations. There are no direct flights between the two countries and flights from either country bypass the other's airspace. 
 
 An Israel Airport Authority spokesman says that he was not aware of any direct flights ever having landed in Israel from the kingdom. 
 
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 10:15 a.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump is closing the first leg of his maiden overseas trip. 
 
 Trump departed Saudi Arabia on Monday morning after two days of meetings in the ultra-conservative desert kingdom. 
 
 The president next heads to Israel, where he'll meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Trump will be testing the waters for jumpstarting the dormant Middle East peace process, though White House officials have tamped down prospects for a breakthrough on the trip. 
 
 Trump's trip will also take him to the Vatican, Brussels and Sicily. 
 
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 7:15 a.m. 
 
 President Donald Trump has declared in the past that finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "maybe not as difficult as people have thought." 
 
 And now he will make his first visit to Israel full of promises but with few concrete ideas of solving the problem that has vexed presidents for decades. 
 
 Trump, fresh off two days in Saudi Arabia, will journey to Jerusalem on Monday and his stay will include separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. 
 
 Trump also planned to visit the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem and the Western Wall, an important Jewish holy site. 
 
 Despite the president's claim, White House aides have tried to play down expectations for significant progress on the peace process during Trump's stop.
– Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump on Monday had a point to clarify for reporters about his White House conversation with Russian diplomats: "Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name Israel in that conversation," he said, per CNN. Netanyahu quickly added that US-Israeli cooperation on intelligence is "terrific." But the AP notes that "it was never alleged that Trump told the Russians that Israel was the source of the intelligence, just that he shared the information with the Russians." Speaking with Netanyahu at a later news conference about a Mideast peace deal, Trump said, "I've heard it's one of the toughest deals of all." Per Haaretz, he added that he has "a feeling that we're going to get there eventually." More from Trump's two-day visit to the Holy Land: Earlier Monday, Trump visited the Western Wall, pressing a hand against it for half a minute before tucking a prayer note into a crevice. He is the first sitting American president to do so, notes ABC News. The AP notes that Melania and Ivanka Trump visited the women's section of the wall; the latter converted to Judaism before she married husband Jared Kushner. "Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon," Trump warned while meeting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, per CNN. Trump said that in Israel there's a "great feeling for peace throughout the Middle East," the AP notes, and that people have had "enough of the bloodshed and the killing." Rivlin told Trump that "we are praying for peace and we are pushing for peace for the last 100 years and with God's help somebody will bring us peace." An Israeli lawmaker with an infamous reputation made for an awkward moment in a receiving line, reports the Washington Post. Oren Hazan grabbed Trump and pulled him in for a selfie as Netanyahu tried unsuccessfully to deter him; Trump did not look amused. For more on Trump's visit, click here.