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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Lapid meets Obama during US visit
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Former US president Barack Obama meets with Opposition chair Yair Lapid in his Washington office on September 16, 2024. (Shahar Azran)
In a rare meeting with an Israeli lawmaker since leaving the White House, former US president Barack Obama hosted visiting Opposition chair Yair Lapid in his Washington office on Monday.
Lapid discloses the meeting in a post on X, saying he used the opportunity to thank Obama “for his public support and efforts for the return of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.”
“I told him that we should all work together to secure a deal that will bring the abductees home,” Lapid adds.
