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White House has ‘every expectation’ Biden will meet Netanyahu in US next week, despite COVID diagnosis
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Joe Biden, center left, pauses during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center right, in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. At left: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken; at right: Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, second right and lawmaker Benny Gantz, right. (Miriam Alster/Pool Photo via AP)
The White House has “every expectation” that Joe Biden will meet Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli prime minister is in town next week, despite the president being diagnosed with COVID-19 yesterday.
“We have every expectation that the two leaders will have a chance to see each other,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says, adding that “the president’s health and his recovery from Covid takes priority.”
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with Biden on Monday at the White House, which would be five days after the president’s diagnosis.
