A senior White House official said ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden on Wednesday that the two will discuss "a range of bilateral and regional issues that focus on the shared democratic values between our two countries."
Info Schedule of Netanyahu's meetings in the US, photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO
The remarks were made at a briefing by a senior White House official ahead of Biden's arrival at the UN General Assembly, which begins this morning New York time.
"Our objection is known"
In addition to legal reform, the two will discuss "the vision for a more stable, prosperous and inclusive region in the Middle East, as well as comparing comments on Iran's effective resistance and deterrence," according to the official. This refers to the administration's efforts to promote normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, but also to the disagreement between the countries over how to deal with Iran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife take off from San Jose to New York // Photo: Roy Avraham/GPO
Netanyahu has refrained from publicly criticizing the "quiet nuclear agreement" between the United States and Iran, under which Iran received American consent to enrich uranium to 60 percent in exchange for billions of dollars poured into it.
Despite the opposition, Netanyahu and others refrain from expressing their position publicly, apparently to avoid public friction with the administration. "Our opposition is known," a senior Israeli official said of the agreement.
Prior to the meeting with Biden, Netanyahu will hold two significant meetings today with colleagues from around the world. He will first meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The main issue on the table of the two veteran leaders, who once clashed head-on, will be gas. Erdogan very much wants Israel to export the gas in its economic waters to Europe. The decision will not be made so quickly, but it will have significant geostrategic implications.
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife landed in New York//Video: Roy Avraham/GPO, Sound: Yehezkel Kandil/GPO
Netanyahu will later meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is expected to be the central figure at the UN General Assembly. Netanyahu will arrive at Zelensky empty-handed. In other words, he is not expected to announce new Israeli aid to a country under Russian boot attack.
Netanyahu will also meet with German President Olaf Scholz and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.
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