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The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, who apologized for being compared to Hitler and presided over a bloody war on drugs, will probably visit Israel in early September.
Duterte's three-year campaign against drug traffickers and users has left more than 4,000 dead in police shootings and thousands in related violence, officials and activists said .
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced last month that it was launching a "preliminary examination" of the crackdown, prompting Duterte to announce the country's withdrawal from his body.
The site Ynet stated that Duterte, who has already expressed his enthusiasm for visiting Israel, will arrive on September 3 and spend three days in the country. The report said it would skip meetings with the Palestinian Authority (PA).
A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry could not confirm the date of i24NEWS but said that a visit could take place in early September.
The two governments hope to conclude agreements on air traffic, the fight against drug trafficking, security issues and agricultural cooperation, according to Ynet .
Israel is also home to several thousand Filipino guest workers, who are mainly employed as carers for elderly or disabled Israelis.
Local defense companies are eagerly anticipating the controversial leader's visit. In May 2017, Duterte said that he wanted to spend billions of dollars on "brand new" military equipment from Israel and South Korea rather than buying from the US. American equipment of the occasion.
In October 2016, Duterte drew parallels between his deadly criminal war and the Hitler mbadacre of Jews, declaring that he was "happy to slaughter" millions of drug addicts
"Hitler slaughtered three million I would be happy to slaughter them, "said Duterte, mistakenly quoting the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust by at least three million.
Nazi Germany had slaughtered six million Jews in the end "At least if Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have done", he said, and then did pause. "But you know, my victims, I would like to be (sic) all the criminals to finish the problem of my country and save the next generation from perdition."
He was lambasted by Jewish groups and the German Foreign Ministry. remarks, for which he apologized later.
He also described US President Barack Obama as "son of a bitch" in 2016 and said last year that soldiers who were applying martial law in the south of the country struck by insurgency could rape "three women."
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