Likud MK — and recently fired defense minister — Yoav Gallant will take off on Sunday for Washington, his office tells The Times of Israel.
Gallant, along with intraparty rival Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has an arrest warrant out for him from the International Criminal Court, and could be taken into custody if there is a malfunction during the flight and the plane is forced to land in a European country that has vowed to enforce the court’s decision.
The former defense minister will meet with the senior Biden administration officials with whom he worked throughout the war, according to Channel 12 news, among them Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and special envoy Amos Hochstein — who is the White House point man on ceasefire talks with Lebanon.
The visit is widely seen as a jab at Netanyahu by the Biden administration in its final weeks.
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