Netanyahu, who addressed the UN several times in the past, generally takes advantage of the assembly to meet world leaders on its sidelines. There is speculation about whether he will take advantage of this year's session to meet US President Joe Biden, who he has not met since taking office in January.
Relations between the two leaders have been tense amid the Biden Administration's disapproval of Israel's democratically elected government. On Sunday, the President told CNN's Fareed Zakaria that "this is the most extreme Israeli government I can remember." Biden continued criticizing the Israeli government, stating: "It’s not all Israel now in the West Bank, all Israel’s problem, but they are a part of the problem and particularly those individuals in the cabinet who say, ‘We can settle anywhere we want. They have no right to be here, etc., and I think we were talking with them regularly, trying to tamp down what’s going on, and hopefully, Bibi will continue to move toward moderation and change.”
When asked during the interview whether he would invite the Prime Minister to the White House, Biden avoided a direct answer and said only that Israel’s President Isaac Herzog would soon visit the White House.
