Iran Press/ America: The US President Joe Biden will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the White House said on Friday.
The September 20 meeting comes as Israel's governing coalition pushes forward with plans to overhaul the country's judiciary and as the far-right government supports new settlements in the West Bank.
This will be the first meeting between Netanyahu and Biden after he was elected prime minister about 9 months ago, and considering the unity and close ties between Tel Aviv and Washington, this delay seems unusual to political observers.
Netanyahu had announced earlier this month that he would visit the United States, one of Israel's staunchest allies but initially there had been no plans for meeting with US officials during the trip, an unusual case for visiting Israeli leaders.
Biden has criticized the judicial overhaul that Netanyahu's hard-right government is advancing, which opponents describe as a threat to democracy in Israel. 219
