The White House's response marks a new low in relations between Netanyahu and Obama, underscored by the fact that this is the first time Netanyahu will visit the U.S. as prime minister without meeting Obama.
The White House declined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's request on Tuesday to meet U.S. President Barack Obama
during a UN conference in New York at the end of the month.
An official in Jerusalem said that the prime minister's office sent the
White House a message stating that although Netanyahu will spend only
two and a half days on U.S. soil, he is interested in meeting Obama and
is willing to travel to the U.S. capital specifically for that
purpose. The official added that the White House rejected the request
and said that at this time Obama's schedule does not allow for a
meeting.
The White House's response marks a new low in relations between
Netanyahu and Obama, underscored by the fact that this is the first time
Netanyahu will visit the U.S. as prime minister without meeting the
president.
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