President Biden on Monday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, after several days in which some Democrats faced accusations of antisemitism from Republicans after their public condemnation of the Jewish State.
“They have agreed that they will meet, probably before the end of this year, and all the details of the wheres and the whens are still being worked out,” John Kirby, the strategic communications director at the National Security Council of the White House, said after Biden and Netanyahu talked by phone Monday.
The invite comes after months of debate within the Democratic Party on how maintain the U.S.-Israel alliance while condemning Netanyahu’s proposed judicial overhaul plan that sparked widespread protests in the country. Netanyahu said the plan would reestablish power for elected leaders that has been overtaken by overly ambitious judges, while his critics argue the plan would create a more authoritarian state under Netanyahu’s rule.