Netanyahu and Trump set to meet as pressure mounts to end war in Gaza

The US president, left, and Israeli prime minister are scheduled to meet in the Oval Office (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Days after his defiant speech at the United Nations rejecting demands to end the war in Gaza, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to confer with his most important supporter.

But Monday’s meeting with US president Donald Trump in Washington comes at a tenuous moment.