White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (L) and Ivanka Trump, the daughter of US President take part in a welcome ceremony upon the US President’s arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2017, as part of his first trip overseas. (Getty)
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, landed in Israel on May 22 as part of the presidential retinue.
The president’s daughter and her husband, who is a White House adviser, are practicing Jews who have spoken openly about their faith.
Ivanka Trump visited the Western Wall, which is the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Ivanka Trump at the Western Wall. (Getty)
President Trump became the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall.
.@POTUS takes a moment of prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and placed a note between the holy stones.
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Ivanka and Jared were also present at a press conference at the Israeli president’s residence in Jerusalem.
Kushner and Ivanka Trump at the residence. (Getty)
The president and First Lady were also at the Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism.
Despite previous reports, the rabbi “who converted Ivanka Trump to Judaism has reportedly denied giving the first daughter and her husband Jared Kushner, both Orthodox Jews, rabbinical approval to fly during Shabbat” during the foreign trip, according to The Times of Israel.
Ivanka Trump at the Western Wall. (Getty)
The Times of Israel reported that Ivanka and Jared were spotted flying and riding in a car on the Sabbath, even though “Jewish law does not permit traveling on the Sabbath except in life-threatening cases.”
(From L to R) White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump listen to Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch (R) during a visit to the Western Wall. (Getty)
Ivanka Trump wore a long, dark dress and hat as she toured the president’s residence. The Trumps’ trip to Israel comes as questions remain about accusations the president gave classified intelligence – from either Israel or Jordan, according to The Jerusalem Post – in an Oval Office meeting with the Russians.
Ivanka Trump (C), the daughter of the US President, arrives at the President’s residency in Jerusalem. (Getty)
The arrival in Israel comes after the Trumps, along with the Kushners and others, spent two days in Saudi Arabia. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are leading a five-state foreign trip, the president’s first. They will go next to Vatican City and to Brussels.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at the welcome ceremony. (Getty)
In Israel, Trump focused his sharpest rhetoric on Iran, and he reiterated the American-Israeli friendship.
“Iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon,” President Trump said in Israel, adding of Israel, “We are not only long-time friends – we are great allies and partners. We stand together always.”
