Representative says staff assumes US president will show up.
Reluctant to comment on ongoing speculation in the Israeli media over whether or not Donald Trump will visit Yad Vashem during his trip to Israel next week, a representative for the Holocaust memorial would only tell The Jerusalem Post Sunday that “as far as Yad Vashem knows, the American president will visit here.”
“We understand that the president’s schedule for his trip has yet to be finalized,” the representative added. Last week, Channel 2 reported that Trump’s tentative schedule included a “possible visit” to Yad Vashem, an obligatory component of the packed schedules of heads of state and dignitaries visiting Israel.
Trump is also due to visit Masada and the Western Wall, as well as meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
Yad Vashem refused to comment on media reports that US officials had requested that a tour of the museum would be cut from half an hour to 15 minutes. Yad Vashem has said that once it is notified of the exact details of the visit it will prepare accordingly.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post