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Thursday, June 20, 2024
Sullivan to host top Netanyahu advisers at White House amid latest Israel-US spat
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet Thursday with visiting Israeli counterpart Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a White House spokesperson confirms to The Times of Israel.
The meeting will come against the backdrop of another spat between the countries sparked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration yesterday that the US has been withholding weapons and ammunitions shipments from Israel.
Netanyahu’s announcement baffled and angered the White House, which has insisted that it has only withheld one shipment of high-payload bombs, which it has been open about for over a month while all other weapons transfers have continued.
The meeting will likely cover the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Hezbollah tensions and US concerns about the potential collapse of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank due to Israel’s continued withholding of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues from the PA.
