Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Joe Biden at White House

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Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Joe Biden at White House

Benjamin Netanyahu has met President Joe Biden at the White House, a day after the ******** prime minister delivered a fiery speech to Congress.

Mr Netanyahu also plans to meet Vice-President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

Mr Biden was expected to discuss Gaza, a ceasefire with ****** and a possible ******** release with the ******** leader.

The ******** leader faces pressure both at home and abroad to bring an end to the *******-Gaza war, now in its ninth month.

In brief remarks after the meeting, Mr Netanyahu said he had known Mr Biden for 40 years – and that the president has known every ******** PM for five decades.

“From a proud ******* Zionist to a proud Irish-********* Zionist, I want to thank you for 50 years of public service,” he said.

Mr Netanyahu also said he looked forward to working “on the great issues before us” with Mr Biden over the next several months.

Mr Biden joked that Golda Meir was the first ******** PM he had met, and that Yitzhak Rabin, a successor, was there as an assistant.

Speaking in the House chamber on Wednesday, Mr Netanyahu defended *******’s brutal war campaign in Gaza, while attempting to rally support from US politicians.

“Our enemies are your enemies,” he said.

He also used the stage to condemn protesters against the war, whom he called “Iran’s useful idiots”.

Thousands of pro-************ protesters took to the streets of Washington to accuse Mr Netanyahu of being a “war *********”.

Twenty-three people were arrested on Wednesday, including five people inside the Capitol building, according to police.

Mr Netanyahu’s speech was occasionally met with rapturous applause, mostly led by Republicans.

The Gaza war has deepened political divides in Washington, and led to infighting among Democrats whose progressive wing has been critical of US support of *******.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was spotted sitting in the audience holding a sign that read “guilty of genocide”.

Ms Harris did not attend Mr Netanyahu’s speech due to scheduling conflicts, the White House said.

Instead, she spent part of the day speaking to a crowd from the historically ****** sorority Zeta Phi Beta.

Ms Harris has expressed steadfast support for *******. However, such a stance has been politically costly for the Democrats.

Hundreds of thousands of protest votes were cast against Mr Biden during the presidential primaries by those wanting him to stop sending military aid to *******.

Some of those angered by his war stance see Ms Harris as a chance to mend the fracture in the party, and win back the votes.

Mr Netanyahu is expected to visit *********** presidential nominee Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Friday.

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