U.S.-Israel Relations
News about governmental relations between Israel and the United States
At the CUFI Summit in Washington, the former governor and ambassador said that the president, the United Nations and congressional Democrats fail on Israel and American Jewish issues.
A visit could make the PM “a stage prop for prominent Democrats to lecture and embarrass,” American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Rubin tells JNS.
As many as 1,200 summit attendees will lobby Congress to pass anti-BDS and Iran sanctions legislation.
Should we mark our calendars, or was this merely the vaguest possible way the White House could have talked about a meeting, without actually committing to one?
“They have agreed that they will meet, probably before the end of this year,” per a White House spokesman.
During the conversation, “President Biden invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to an upcoming meeting in the U.S.,” said Netanyahu.
Israel has met all eligibility requirements but tensions with the Biden administration may forestall admission.
When the Israeli president meets his counterpart this week, he should make it clear that the White House’s boycott of Netanyahu runs against the very core of Biden’s statement that he is a Zionist.
“The United States is Israel’s closest and most important friend and partner,” the Israeli president said.
The Israeli president will meet with the U.S. president on July 18 and the vice president on July 19.
“The first step the Biden administration must take to repair this critical relationship is to end its pursuit of any new deal with Iran,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told JNS. “Only then can tensions thaw.”
On July 19, Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint session of U.S. Congress.
