Israel's Netanyahu still not 'on the schedule' to visit Biden: White House
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to visit the White House since his election in November.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not scheduled to visit Washington, the White House said on Monday, a day after President Joe Biden urged the Israeli leader to seek a compromise on his planned judicial overhaul.
"There's nothing on the schedule," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters when asked if President Joe Biden had extended an invite to Netanyahu.
Netanyahu’s conservative Likud Party and its political allies won a comfortable 64-seat Knesset majority in the Nov. 1 elections, the country’s fifth in four years.
After his election for a sixth term as Israel’s prime minister, there was heavy speculation that Netanyahu would visit Washington in early 2023, as is customary for new Israeli premiers. A Reuters analysis found most new Israeli leaders had made official visits to Washington by this point in their tenure.
