LIVE: Donald Trump in Israel

Here's the US president's itinerary, courtesy of Haaretz. Israeli time is three hours ahead of GMT.

Note that he was actually met by the Israeli president after landing.

Hamas on Monday accused US President Donald Trump on Monday of smearing the name of Palestinian "resistance" to Israeli occupation during a speech on Islam.

Addressing Muslim leaders in Riyadh on Sunday, Trump called for unity against "Islamic terror", specifically naming Hamas and the Islamic State group.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum said Trump's remarks were "aimed at besmirching the reputation of the Palestinian resistance".

The movement refused to be treated as a "terrorist" organisation, he told AFP.

Senior Hamas official Mushir al-Masri said Trump was "aligning himself with the policies of the (Israeli) occupier".

In his speech, Trump called on Muslim leaders to confront "the crisis of Islamic extremism and the Islamists and Islamic terror of all kinds". 

He specifically named Sunni militants IS and al-Qaeda and Lebanon's Hezbollah alongside Hamas.

Hamas used force to seize control of the Gaza Strip from secular Palestinian rivals in 2007 after winning an election.

It is considered a terrorist organisation by the United States, the European Union and Israel, with which it has fought three wars in the Gaza Strip since 2008.

Donald Trump arrived in Israel on Monday on a flight from Saudi Arabia and will separately meet Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in an attempt to revive peace talks.

Air Force One landed at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion airport after what is believed to be the first direct flight to Israel from Riyadh, where Trump spent two days.

The US president's nine-day trip through the Middle East and Europe, his first foreign tour since taking office in January, ends on Saturday after visits to the Vatican Brussels and Sicily.

Donald Trump on Monday became the first sitting US president to visit the Western Wall in the disputed city of Jerusalem, placing his hand on one of the most sacred sites in Judaism.

The Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews can pray. Trump, wearing a black skullcap, paused in front of it, then placed what appeared to be a written prayer or note between its stones, as is custom.

He was not accompanied by any Israeli leaders.

There's been significant blowback in Iran to a speech by Donald Trump during his visit to Saudi Arabia yesterday. Iran accused the US on Monday of selling arms to "dangerous terrorists" in the Middle East and of spreading "Iranophobia" to encourage Arab states to buy weapons.

"Once again, by his repetitive and baseless claims about Iran, the American president ... tried to encourage the countries of the region to purchase more arms by spreading Iranophobia," said Bahram Qassemi, a foreign ministry spokesman.

The US president ended a visit to Tehran's arch-foe Saudi Arabia where arms deals worth almost $110bn were signed.

Sending a tough message to Tehran shortly after pragmatist Hassan Rouhani was re-elected president, Trump had urged Arab and Islamic leaders to unite to defeat Islamist militants, and said Iran had for decades "fuelled the fires of sectarian conflict and terrors".

Qassemi said Washington was "reinvigorating terrorists in the region by its hostile policies" and "should stop selling arms to dangerous terrorists".

He said the United States and its allies "should know that Iran is a democratic, stable and powerful country" and that it promoted "peace, good neighbourliness, and the creation of a world opposed to violence and extremism".

For anyone who missed it, here's Trump dancing with a sword in Saudi Arabia.

Back in Saudi Arabia, King Salman has described Trump's weekend visit as a "turning point" in relations between the two countries, according to state news agency SPA.

Speaking to his council of ministers, Salman also praised the "historic agreement" between Gulf monarchies and Washington "to take firm measures to target the financing of terrorism" and the setting up of a Riyadh-based centre for this task, SPA said.

The hub will be known as the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology - or "Etital", the Arabic for “moderation”.

Iran welcomes cooperation at all levels to bring stability to the Middle East, President Hassan Rouhani told his French counterpart on Monday, hours after US President Donald Trump lambasted Tehran again as he tours the region.

In a telephone call, Rouhani told France's new president Emmanuel Macron he was hopeful that Europe would not copy Trump's stance against the Islamic Republic.

"The Islamic Republic is ready for cooperation in all levels with other countries, including France, to fight against terrorism and to resolve the Syrian crisis," Rouhani was quoted saying to Macron by Iran's state news agency IRNA.

The French leader had called to congratulate him on being re-elected in Friday’s presidential vote.

"We should bring peace and stability back to the region. We hope Europe does not fall into the trap of countries that promote their wrong interpretations of the region," Rouhani was also quoted as saying.

President Trump said Monday that he never mentioned Israel during an Oval Office meeting when he disclosed highly classified intelligence to Russian diplomats. The origin of the intelligence has never been identified.

"I never mentioned the word or the name Israel. Never mentioned during that conversation," Trump said in Jerusalem during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu said during the meeting with Trump that “intelligence cooperation is terrific” with the United States.

“It's never been better," he added.

Tomorrow Donald Trump heads to the occupied West Bank for those talks with Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas. Here's how that fits in the rest of his schedule:

Speaking of the atrocitities of the last century, Trump said the time for peace was now.

"We must work together to build a future where the nations of the region are at peace and all of our children can grow, grow up strong and free from terrorism and violence.

"During my travels in recent days, I have found new reasons for hope," Trump said. 

"Yesterday I met with King Salman and the leaders from across the Muslim and Arab world, and ... we reached historic agreements to pursue greater and greater cooperation to fight against terrorism."

"We can only get there working together, there is no other way," he added, describing it is a "rare opportunity" for peace. 

The US president ended his short speech by declaring, to the sound of applause, "We love Israel, we respect Israel, and I send your people the warmest greetings from your closest ally."

A “Day of Rage” has been called for across Palestine on Tuesday, when Trump and Abbas are expected to meet in Bethlehem.

Monday saw a general strike across the occupied West Bank in solidarity with the some 1,300 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli jails since April 17.

The media committee for the Freedom and Dignity hunger strike has also called for Tuesday’s “Day of Rage,” local media has reported.

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas accused US president Donald Trump on Monday of smearing the name of Palestinian "resistance" to Israeli occupation during a speech on Islam.

Addressing Muslim leaders in Riyadh on Sunday, Trump called for unity against "Islamic terror", specifically naming Hamas and the Islamic State group.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum said Trump's remarks were "aimed at besmirching the reputation of the Palestinian resistance".

The movement refused to be treated as a "terrorist" organisation, he told AFP.

Senior Hamas official Mushir al-Masri said Trump was "aligning himself with the policies of the (Israeli) occupier".

A Palestinian has been shot dead after allegedly attempting to stab Israeli forces, according to police, AFP has reported.

The incident occurred in the Abu Dis area, near Jerusalem but located in the West Bank. No police officers were hurt, Israeli police said.

There was no indication that the alleged stabbing attempt was linked to Trump's visit. Several such incidents have occurred in recent months.

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee was among thousands of right-wing Israelis who visited Joseph's tomb, east of Nablus, overnight on Sunday, sparking clashes. 

Palestinian newspaper Maan news reported that clashes broke out between young Palestinians and Israeli forces who were escorting the group, "with Israeli soldiers firing tear gas canisters and stun grenades at the protesters who pelted soldiers stones and empty bottles."

Al Jazeera reported that Huckabee's convoy was hit with petrol bombs. 

"To have to do it in the dead of night, under armed guard, with the smell of tear gas in the air, burning tires along the route, it's a stark reminder (to how different) it is in the heart of Israel, where the Israeli government protects every Muslim that accesses their holy site," Huckabee said after the visit, according to Israeli news website Y'net news.  

Huckabee originally stood against Trump in the Republican primaries last year, but now supports the president.