US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel is expected to take place towards the end of June, and according to estimates by diplomats involved in preparations for the visit - it will take place in conjunction with the conference of the seven industrialized nations, which will be held in Germany at the same time.
At the same time, the US delegation preparing for the visit ended its talks in Israel, returning to the United States this weekend without setting a final date for Biden's arrival. The 7G will be held in the town of Koren in northern Bavaria, and it is estimated that it will come to Israel as part of this trip, shortly before or after the conference.
PM Bennett meets with US President Biden (Archive), Photo: From social media
However, it seems that the political situation in Israel may affect the final decision of the White House and the timing of the visit.
Although the administration is sympathetic to the Bennett-Lapid government and wants to help it, if elections are held in Israel, it is not unlikely that the visit will be postponed - this is due to the fact that US presidents usually refrain from visiting countries during election campaigns.
Low travel rate
In the year and a half since he took office, Biden has made very few trips outside the United States. Throughout 2021, the president made a total of two state trips, skipping between several countries in Europe. One of the main reasons for this was the Corona epidemic. Only now, too, has she been to Europe.
Given the president's low travel rate, sources estimate that he may not want to combine his visit to Israel with his trip to a conference in Germany.
American pressure
Biden's last diplomatic visit to Israel was in 2010, when he served as Vice President of the United States. He refrained from attending a dinner set for him with then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until he apologized.
US President Joe Biden during his visit to Israel as Vice President, in 2010, Photo: Reuters
Following the incident, Netanyahu ruled that any process of promoting construction plans in Jerusalem would require the approval of the political echelon, which caused severe delays for many years in construction plans in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem. From the former, Ariel Sharon.
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