Herzog meets Biden at White House: ‘An expression of true friendship’

President Isaac Herzog and US President Biden meet at the Oval office in Washington.

Herzog calls the visit “an expression of true friendship.”

“You are a true friend of Israel Mr. President. The United States is our closest strongest historical ally,” he says, adding that the two will discuss the “Iranian challenge.”

“Today the Iranian regime is crushing thousands of Iranian citizens, men and women while demonstrating and simply pleading to have their own liberties and this is an example of how Iran is working, crushing its own citizens moving towards nuclear weapons and supplying lethal weapons that are killing innocent citizens in Ukraine,” Herzog says.

He thanks Biden for helping broker the Lebanon border deal and says the two will discuss the “inclusion and integration of Israel in the Middle East.”