Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump are moving toward a face-to-face meeting in the United States after a call in which the two leaders agreed to meet “soon,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office. Netanyahu used the call to congratulate Trump on America’s 250th Independence Day and stress Israel’s appreciation for the U.S.-Israel alliance.

rump told Axios and Channel 12 that Netanyahu requested a White House meeting and said it could happen as early as next week, though Israeli officials cautioned that no final date has been set and that the visit may slip because of Trump’s NATO travel schedule. In Trump’s words: “We get along very good. [Netanyahu] knows who the boss is.”

The expected meeting comes at a tense moment between Jerusalem and Washington. Trump is pressing forward with diplomacy with Iran after the U.S.-Iran memorandum that extended the ceasefire, reopened the Strait of Hormuz track and launched a 60-day negotiation period. Israel was not a party to that arrangement and remains deeply concerned that Washington could accept a deal that leaves Iran with nuclear infrastructure, missile capabilities or room to rebuild.

Netanyahu’s central message is expected to be blunt, Israel cannot outsource its security to negotiators chasing a paper deal with Tehran. Trump, meanwhile, has signaled that diplomacy is his priority while still keeping military force on the table if Iran refuses real concessions. That makes the coming meeting a critical test of whether the U.S.-Israel alliance can stay locked in on the same mission: stopping the Iranian regime from ever threatening Israel, America or the region with a nuclear weapon.