President Biden Hosts Israeli President Amid Continued Tensions

President Joe Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday amid continued tension with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government.

The meeting with Herzog, whose role as president is largely ceremonial, and Biden’s recent invite to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him in the United States reflected the strength of the U.S-Israeli alliance despite the two nations’ recent, public disagreements over the rightward tilt of Netanyahu’s government and nationwide protests opposing him.

“As I told Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday,” Biden told Herzog at the start of their meeting, “America’s commitment to Israel is firm, and it is ironclad.”

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