Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the United States at the end of this month for the first time since his re-election, his office announced this Sunday, in a period of tension with Joe Biden’s administration.
The Israeli leader is expected to arrive in San Francisco on September 18 for meetings in Silicon Valley, a global technology and innovation center in Northern California, before traveling to New York to participate in the United Nations General Assembly. said the same source in a statement.
According to a Netanyahu spokesman, quoted by the AFP news agency, no meeting with American officials is planned.
This measure coincides with an apparent return of tensions with the United States of America (USA), a traditional and recognized ally of Israel.
Biden called on the Government of Israel, a coalition between conservative and far-right nationalists, not to rush to impose a reform of the national judicial system, which is “a source of division” and which is at the root of the major protests. movement in the history of the country.country.
At the end of July, the White House (North American Presidency) described as “regrettable” the approval by the Israeli parliament of a decisive measure for the application of judicial reform and that removes several powers from the magistrates for the benefit of the executive.
Netanyahu has not yet been invited by the White House since his return as head of government at the end of 2022.
However, Biden recently received Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who has tried unsuccessfully to bring the different political factions closer internally.
The Government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the most right-wing in the history of Israel.
Source: TSF
