Benjamin Netanyahu testified to police after two men were arrested over alleged payments from the Gulf Arab state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left his corruption trial abruptly on Monday to give evidence in a separate investigation into possible ties between his aides and Qatar, Israel's public broadcaster Kan reported.

Netanyahu tapped a former commander of Israel's navy, Eli Sharvit, to replace Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, who remains in office pending a Supreme Court decision over legal challenges to his dismissal.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to visit Saudi Arabia as early as May to sign an investment agreement in what will be the first foreign trip of his second term, with stops also planned in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

WASHINGTON—President Trump is planning to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and potentially the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks, though he said that plans are still being finalized. “I have a very good relationship with the Middle East,

The president is urging Gulf countries to increase their investment in the US after a series of bilateral economic and defense deals in recent months.