Biden and Harris to meet separately with Netanyahu at the White House
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House amid the 2024 election race shakeup and as the administration still pushes for a cease-fire agreement.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday amid the 2024 election race shakeup and as the administration still pushes for a cease-fire agreement.
Biden will host Netanyahu in the Oval Office at around 1 p.m. ET, and the two leaders are scheduled to meet with families of American hostages held hostage in Gaza around 2:30 p.m. in the White House Cabinet Room.
This will be the first time the two will meet in person since Biden visited Israel shortly after Hamas' terrorist attack on Oct. 7.
Harris will speak with Netanyahu around 4:30 p.m. in the vice president's ceremonial office, a meeting that is considered even more high-stakes now that she's running for president following Biden's decision to withdraw from the race. Harris missed Netanyahu's speech before a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday because of a previously scheduled event in Indianapolis. Typically, the vice president presides over joint addresses.
A senior administration official told reporters Wednesday that Biden will discuss his "ironclad commitment to Israel's security, the very serious threats from Iran and from Iranian proxy and terrorist groups, including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis."
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