MANASSAS, Va. — Donald Trump is planning a trip to Israel that would include a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he told supporters at a rally here on Wednesday.

“Very soon I’ll be going to Israel,” Trump said in response to a question from a supporter, “and I’ll be meeting with Bibi Netanyahu. He’s a great man.”

This would not be the first time Trump and the Israeli leader have intersected politically: In 2013 Trump starred in an advertisement for Netanyahu’s re-election campaign, in which the billionaire businessman endorsed him as “a truly great prime minister” and a “terrific guy, terrific leader.”

Trump’s campaign did not respond to a request for more details about the trip, including when it will take place and the GOP frontrunner’s full itinerary.

The announcement comes on the eve of a presidential candidates forum in Washington, D.C., hosted by the influential Republican Jewish Coalition.

Trump has attempted to court prominent Jewish Republican tastemakers, including the mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, but so far he has not won their broad acceptance or support. An excursion to Israel and a meeting with Netanyahu, however, would be a tangible display of commitment from Trump that might begin to sway members of this group.

The trip would mark Trump’s first political travel abroad since announcing his candidacy for president. He visited Scotland in July for the Women’s British Open golf tournament at his Turnberry resort; although Trump waded into campaign issues there, he did not make the trip for political purposes.

A trip to Israel would likely give him a stage from which to underscore his opposition to President Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran, which Trump has vociferously attacked, and the administration’s broader foreign policy.

Foreign trips are a common tool among presidential candidates to showcase their foreign policy experience and bolster their credentials, and many Republican candidates have already ventured overseas.

Ben Carson traveled to Jordan last week to meet with Syrian refugees as part of his effort to compensate for recent missteps on the campaign trail.

But such travel also carries substantial political risk. During a trip to London in 2012, Mitt Romney was widely panned for raising doubts about security for the summer Olympics there. London Mayor Boris Johnson publicly mocked Romney, and the British press coined the term “Romneyshambles” to describe his gaffes abroad.