Trump Reportedly Asked Israeli Pm Benjamin Netanyahu If He Even Cares About Making Peace

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. 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. Axios reported Sunday that at the time Trump had read news reports about Netanyahu seeking to build further settlements in disputed territories of the West Bank, which the president thought would further anger Palestinians.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: What will happen when Earth's north and south poles flipSee Also:Israel set up an entire fake luxury resort in the 1980s as a front for Mossad to evacuate Jews from SudanIsrael sees an Iranian 'air force' assembling in Syria — and looks ready to deal it a knockout blowIsraeli intelligence reportedly says Trump's Syria strike failed, didn't take out much of anythingSEE ALSO: Putin called Netanyahu to warn against further airstrikes in Syria