Trump to receive the Israel Prize

(JNS) - During his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., U.S. President Donald Trump was told that he is to be awarded the Israel Prize.

Created in 1953, the award is the "most important and prestigious prize awarded by the State of Israel," and has "been awarded annually at the close of Independence Day, in an official state ceremony held in Jerusalem in the presence of the president of the state, the prime minister, the speaker of the Knesset, the president of the Supreme Court, the mayor of Jerusalem and the minister of education," per the Knesset.

As Netanyahu and Trump met, they spoke on the phone with Yoav Kisch, the Israeli education minister, who told the U.S. president that he would win the prize. Trump said that he would consider attending the ceremony.