President Benjamin Netanyahu has denied a media report that Israel spied on cell phones in the vicinity of the White House -- and President Donald Trump said he believed him.
Speaking on a trip to Russia, Netanyahu said on Thursday there was no eavesdropping on cell phones around the US presidency because he had forbidden spying against the United States.
"I have a directive: no intelligence connection in the United States, no spying," he said. "It's rigorously enforced without any exception. It's a complete fabrication."
Earlier, Israel's foreign and intelligence minister, Israel Katz, said the country "does not conduct any espionage missions in the United States."
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