More
EN
Newsletter
More
Newsletter
EN
Support JNS
News   World News

Lebanese president to meet Trump at White House

Aoun’s historic D.C. visit comes amid U.S.-brokered talks to disarm Hezbollah and pilot the replacement of Israeli forces in Lebanon with Lebanese troops.

JNS Staff
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., July 19, 2026. Official State Department photo by Mateo S. Melendy.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., July 19, 2026. Official State Department photo by Mateo S. Melendy.
(July 21, 2026 / JNS)

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

The former Lebanese Armed Forces commander’s visit marks the first by a Lebanese head of state to the White House in nearly two decades and his first face-to-face meeting with Trump.

His Washington trip comes amid U.S.-brokered talks between Jerusalem and Beirut to disarm the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group and stabilize the border area, with pilot zones testing the replacement of Israeli forces in Lebanon with Lebanese forces.

Hezbollah
JNS Staff
JNS Staff JNS Staff
See more from JNS Staff
EXPLORE JNS
The Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier vessel Manta Ursula is pictured moored in Muscat on July 25, 2026. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Iran, Oman edging toward Strait of Hormuz deal amid fresh attacks on vessels
A U.S. official said the blockade of Iranian ports would be lifted if Tehran and Muscat finalize an arrangement.
August 8, 2026 10:42 AM
JNS Staff
(From top left to right, clockwise) Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Almog Sarusi, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat and Ori Danino. Credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
Israel News
Israeli embassy in US honors memory of six hostages murdered in Gaza
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Almog Sarusi, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat and Ori Danino were killed at close range in a Rafah tunnel.
August 8, 2026 11:29 AM
JNS Staff
Hasan Piker, a far-left streamer, speaking at a re-election campaign rally for former Rep. Cori Bush, the Missouri Democrat who lost her position in 2024, in St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 2026. Credit: Poisonwithahawkseye via Wikimedia Commons.
U.S. News
BREAKING: University of Washington cancels Hasan Piker event
“I’m happy that the University of Washington, for literally the first time ever, has made the correct decision to not have an America-hating communist spread his hatred and terrible ideology to young people at our taxpayer funded universities,” Republican state representative Travis Couture told JNS.
Aug. 7, 2026
Jessica Russak-Hoffman
New Immigrants, IDF
Israel News
SCOOP: Russia, US lead 78-country roster of ‘olim’ recruits in latest IDF draft
The cohort includes 392 new immigrants—246 men and 146 women.
Aug. 7, 2026
JNS Staff
Breaking News
08:56
World Jewish Congress marks 90th anniversary
07:27
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact
06:48
Israel sends predatory beetles to save Cyprus prickly pear farms
06:31
Erdan, Edelstein launch right-wing party
05:13
Danon: Hamas weapons must leave Gaza under disarmament plan
05:05
Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist arrested posing as Gaza aid truck driver
04:50
UNICEF study: Malnutrition lower in Gaza than in surrounding Arab countries
04:13
CENTCOM: US has redirected 49 commercial vessels under Iran blockade
04:11
Convicted hate offender quits UK election race
03:42
Israeli Navy conducts largest drill since Oct. 7
02:55
Palestinians attack Israeli civilians who accidentally entered Jenin in Samaria
02:50
Uganda approves troop deployment to Gaza
02:25
Israel’s FM meets Colombia’s president-elect ahead of inauguration
01:25
Russia, US lead 78-country roster of ‘olim’ recruits in latest IDF draft
00:23
Sa’ar slams Turkey over hypocrisy on Syria, vows Israel will defend itself
19:32
Trump says El-Sayed pushing to end filibuster would mean no more GOP presidents, but adds 30 minutes later that he agrees
17:02
US has ‘literally massive amounts of ammunition,’ Trump says
16:30
Trump admin announces ‘historic’ $2 billion in health, humanitarian aid to faith-based groups
15:15
After six months, federal Canadian Jew-hatred panel ‘still doing icebreakers, no agenda, no plan,’ deputy opposition leader says
14:59
Journal retracts study, after authors seem to used AI, which recasts ‘final solution,’ meaning chemistry compound, as ‘mass killing of an ethnic group’
14:52
Teacher, who said ‘ethnic-studies means free Palestine,’ won’t talk ‘Israeli-Palestinian conflict’ at UC Berkeley workshop, school spokesman tells JNS
14:39
‘No famine in Gaza,’ Israeli foreign ministry says, ‘anyone who is still open to arguments can look at the empirical data’
14:28
CAMERA says it got ‘Financial Times’ to correct ‘false claim that linked AIPAC to Benjamin Netanyahu’
14:23
AAUP member in Michigan opposes professor group endorsing El-Sayed
14:18
Act in response to new local club president’s Jew-hatred, 30 southern California rabbis, Jewish groups tell Rotary
14:02
Trump says clash with Hegseth ‘completely unfounded rumors’
13:56
Newsom appoints former US ed department civil rights lawyer as head of California civil rights office
13:20
Anti-Israel activists protested outside Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday, called on industrial park to evict Crye Precision, which makes equipment worn by IDF soldiers
13:10
Indian prime minister says he talked ‘special’ India-Israel strategic partnership on phone with Netanyahu
13:05
Conversations ‘in works’ about debate in race for Wash. state’s 9th District, Rep. Adam Smith tells JNS
11:56
Jew-hatred ‘systemic’ on Canadian campuses, gov survey of Jewish students a ‘wake-up call,’ CIJA says
11:40
Senate panel votes to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress
11:37
Houthi terror group says it killed hundreds of Saudi forces, dozens of Yemeni gov troops in Yemen
11:36
Orthodox Union Advocacy Center endorses bipartisan, bicameral legislation to protect synagogues, other houses of worship from ‘harassing protests’
11:28
Two arrests in probe of shooting at US consulate on June 27, Toronto police says
11:15
North Korea missile launch poses no immediate threat to US, American military says
11:14
Egyptian president tells Bahraini king he decries Iranian attack on the country
08:41
Rambam: All four soldiers wounded in Lebanon now stable
08:35
IDF strikes Hezbollah sites after two soldiers killed
08:17
Israeli and Ukrainian indicted in Iran espionage case
08:07
Israeli dies from West Nile fever
07:59
Israeli defense startup orders hit $330 million, double last year’s figure
07:55
Israel Police: 24 Palestinian infiltrators caught in one week
07:22
Israeli police arrest two Palestinians for online incitement
06:59
IDF: Hezbollah embedded thousands of terror structures in Lebanese villages
06:19
Netanyahu: Fallen IDF reservists were ‘among our finest sons’
05:39
Israeli FM’s official visit to Ecuador the first in 44 years
05:15
Vance describes meeting with Netanyahu as ‘pleasant but direct’
04:31
Israel, US complete planned test of Arrow missile-defense system
04:11
Five Palestinians accused in Hamas terror plot to appear in Cyprus court
More Updates
JNS TV
Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades
JNS TV / Think Twice
To defeat Islamist terror, it’s time to change the rules
August 6, 2026 03:00 PM
Jonathan S. Tobin
COLUMNS
Jonathan S. Tobin
Editor-in-Chief
El-Sayed, the Democrats, AIPAC and the war on American Jews
Jonathan S. Tobin
Melanie Phillips
Senior Contributor
The suicidal significance of the Michigan Democratic primary
Melanie Phillips