For the first time since his re-election last year, US President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said they would discuss "difficult issues" including "democratic values" and the"balance of powers".

 

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Edited by| Hugh Gey

 

Politic section -  CJ journalist

 

NewYork – September,20,2023

 

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Biden, who met Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly summit in New York, said he hoped to meet Netanyahu in Washington "by the end of the year".

Amid his concern over Netanyahu's controversial judicial reform, Biden refrained from inviting the Israeli prime minister to the White House, and the two men met instead on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

For his part, Netanyahu informed the US president that it is possible to reach a "historic peace" agreement with Saudi Arabia, in light of Washington's efforts to normalize relations between the two countries.

"Mr. President, I believe that under your leadership we can establish a historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia," Netanyahu said, considering that this could lead to a "long way" towards achieving peace between the Palestinians and the Hebrew state.

Saudi Arabia has long maintained that the normalization of its relations with Israel and its recognition of it depend on the implementation of the two-state solution with the Palestinians. The kingdom did not join the 2020 Abraham accords, which were brokered by the United States and under which Israel established relations with the kingdom's neighbors, the UAE and Bahrain. They were followed by Sudan and Morocco.

 

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