From a meeting with Lapid to watching the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah: This is what President Biden's second day in Israel will look like
The President of the United States will hold a meeting with the Prime Minister, after which there will be a virtual meeting with the Presidents of India and the Emirates, at the end of which the two will hold a joint press conference.
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13/07/2022
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 20:22 Updated: Thursday, 14 July 2022, 06:57
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In the video: Biden visits Yad Vashem and talks with Holocaust survivors (Photo: Contact)
US President Joe Biden, who is visiting Israel, has a tight schedule, full of meetings, ceremonies and changes in arbitrators.
Biden is scheduled to hold political discussions today (Thursday) and tour important sites in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
The crowded schedule is concentrated in the Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Ramallah areas, and is accompanied by traffic disruptions and ongoing roadblocks in the center and Jerusalem area.
At
11:15
, Biden is expected to meet with Prime Minister Yair Lapid for a meeting at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem. Lapid and Biden will join in.
Immediately after the meeting, Biden and Lapid will hold a virtual meeting with the Presidents of India and the United Arab Emirates
at 12:30 p.m.
, As part of the I2U2 alliance established in October, following an initiative by the then foreign ministers of the four countries, as part of the Indian foreign minister's visit to Israel.
At the end of the meeting, the President of the United States and the Prime Minister will hold a press conference.
Biden with Herzog and Lapid at Ben Gurion Airport, yesterday (Photo: Official website, Reuven Castro)
At 5:30 PM
, Biden will arrive at President Yitzhak Herzog's house, where he will receive a state reception and sign the President's Guest Book.
Immediately after the event, the presidents will hold a personal meeting that is expected to last 35 minutes.
At
19:50, Biden and Prime Minister Lapid will be at Teddy Stadium, where they will watch the official opening show of the Maccabiah Games.
The President and Prime Minister will watch the delegations of athletes from around the world as they enter the stadium.
This will mark the president's second day in Israel.
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Schedule of US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel (Photo: image processing, no)
Schedule of US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel (Photo: image processing, no)
Tomorrow, Friday, Biden will dedicate his visit to the Palestinian Authority.
At 10 a.m.
, Biden will pay a private visit to the Palestinian Hospital Augusta Victoria in East Jerusalem.
At 11:00 AM
, the President of the United States will continue to Ramallah, where he will meet with PA Chairman Abu Mazen in the Muqata. To resume negotiations with the Palestinians.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Foreign Minister Blinken spoke by telephone today with members of Sheerin Abu Akala's family and invited them to a meeting in Washington.
Sullivan added that "we want to reopen the consulate in Jerusalem and we will continue contacts on the matter in the coming days."
At the end of the meeting with Abu Mazen, Biden will take off by helicopter to Ben Gurion Airport, where it will take place
at 12:30.
A small farewell ceremony attended by Prime Minister Lapid and President Herzog.
At the end of the ceremony, the plane of the American president, Air Force 1, will take off for Saudi Arabia.
Biden at Yad Vashem, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)
Last night, Biden was received in a solemn ceremony in which he spoke with Prime Minister Lapid and President Herzog.
The ceremony was attended by cabinet ministers, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
From the reception ceremony in Biden, he proceeded to the Ministry of Defense's multilayer defense systems complex, which was set up at Ben Gurion Airport for the purpose of the visit. Using a laser.
From there, Biden traveled to Yad Vashem, where he took part in a memorial service at the Yizkor tent and met two Holocaust survivors, Dr. Gita Sikowitz and Rina Quint, with whom Eitan spoke for several minutes.
The visit was accompanied by Herzog, Lapid, Ganz, Yad Vashem Chairman Danny Dayan, Yad Vashem Council Chairman Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and the US Ambassador to Combat Anti-Semitism Prof. Deborah Lipstadt.
In the evening, the President continued to the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, where he was staying during the visit.
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