President Biden to meet with Israeli leaders just weeks after a major government upheaval unseated the country’s PM and triggered another election.
Before the collapse of the Israeli government, Biden had been planning to meet with Naftali Bennett, whom administration officials had been working with for the past year. Now, he will sit down Thursday with caretaker prime minister Yair Lapid, who could use the meeting to bolster his bid for the permanent job. The two leaders plan to hold a joint press conference following their meeting.
“I’m proud to say that our relationship to the State of Israel is deeper and stronger in my view than it’s ever been,” Biden said Wednesday upon arriving in Israel for his 10th visit to the country, his first as president. “With this visit, we’re strengthening our connections even further. We reaffirm the unshakable commitment to the United States, Israel security, including partnering with Israel on the most cutting edge defense systems in the world.
Biden is also planning to meet former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as it is customary for visiting presidents to also meet with the head of the Israeli opposition party, said Sullivan. Biden and Netanyahu, who was a close ally of former President Donald Trump, have a complex history together going back 40 years to Biden’s days as a senator. While the two have disagreed on a number of issues, they have projected a warm relationship publicly.
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