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Lapid set to meet Blinken, top Biden aide in Washington
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid is slated to meet with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday morning in Washington, DC, his office announced in a statement.
The meeting will be followed in the afternoon by one with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another with Lindsay Graham and other Republican senators.