TRUMP BACKS OUT OF ADDRESSING KNESSET
Yuli Edelstein, Israel’s parliament speaker, told Israeli Army Radio that Trump rejected the idea of a parliament tour and address to lawmakers because of the Knesset’s notoriously raucous debates.
Edelstein says “the possibility was explored as a first option, and it was dropped from the agenda because it was clear that the president wouldn’t be able to speak” without interjection.
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush addressed the Knesset during visits; Barack Obama opted to speak at a university. Trump delivered a speech across the street from parliament at Jerusalem’s Israel Museum.