Will Netanyahu meet Biden when he visits the US next week?

Netanyahu will be in Washington, DC on September 15 to sign a peace deal with the United Arab Emirates at the White House.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look at each other as they deliver joint statements during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016 (photo credit: DEBBIE HILL/REUTERS)
Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look at each other as they deliver joint statements during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016
(photo credit: DEBBIE HILL/REUTERS)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office would not comment on whether his staff has tried to set up a meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during his visit to the US next week.
Netanyahu will be in Washington on September 15 to sign a peace deal with the United Arab Emirates at the White House. The UAE is sending its foreign minister, Abdullah bin Zayed.
Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office said that it would be premature to discuss Netanyahu’s schedule, and pointed out that Biden is not based in Washington at this time. Nevertheless, Wilmington, Delaware, where Biden lives, is just about 160 km. – a two-hour drive – from the US capital.
In September 2016, when Netanyahu was in New York for the UN General Assembly, he met both candidates running for president, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Ahead of the 2012 US elections, the Obama administration accused Netanyahu of meddling by hosting Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate, in Jerusalem before the vote. An advertisement in favor of Romney also appeared featuring Netanyahu.