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The additional date under consideration for a meeting at the White House between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is Friday, September 22, sources told Walla! American and Israeli sources.
US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo by Photo by Jonathan Zindel/Flash 90, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Why it's important
- At that time, Biden and Netanyahu will finalize their agenda at the UN General Assembly in New York.
- In that case, Netanyahu will fly from New York to Washington for the meeting with Biden, stay in the United States over the weekend and take off back to Israel only on Saturday night, landing in Israel a few hours before the start of Yom Kippur.
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Snapshot
- Netanyahu is expected to arrive in the United States on Monday, September 18. As reported in Walla!, this date is also being considered as an option for a meeting between him and Biden at the White House.
- Biden will arrive in New York on Tuesday, September 19 to address the United Nations General Assembly.
- Netanyahu is currently expected to address the UN General Assembly on Thursday, September 21.
Backstage
American sources said that President Biden has not yet made a final decision on whether to hold the meeting with Netanyahu at the White House. A U.S. source said there was a debate among Biden's advisers about whether to hold the meeting at the White House or on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
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- White House
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- Joe Biden
- Benjamin Netanyahu