(CBN) – Israel will host an unprecedented meeting with security officials from Israel, Russia, and the United States next month, the White House said in a statement Wednesday. The brief statement said US National Security Advisor John Bolton, Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, would attend the meeting in Jerusalem. The US

announced the meeting just minutes before Israel’s parliament voted to dissolve itself and set new elections for September 17. After the vote, Netanyahu referenced the upcoming meeting and said it was important for Israel’s security. “We have a lot of things that we want to do,” Netanyahu told reporters. “This is what we want to do, not unnecessary elections… A meeting like has never taken place before in Israel. Never.” READ MORE


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