MANASSAS, Va. — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to visit Israel soon to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I love Israel” Trump said, during a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fairground. “Israel is our great partner.”

Trump, who plans to meet with top Jewish Republicans in Washington on Thursday, sought at times to strike a more presidential tone before a standing-room-only crowd that alternately cheered for the billionaire developer and filmed him with their cellphones.

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