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Netanyahu meets Biden after polarising address to Congress

Several Democratic politicians boycotted Israeli premier’s speech in which he struck defiant tone about war in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met US President Joe Biden on Thursday, a day after his polarising joint address to the US Congress that drew boycotts and protesters.

The meeting is Netanyahu’s first visit to the White House since he returned to power in late 2022, and is seen by US officials as a chance to push the Israeli premier on a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal that he has yet to publicly endorse, including in his congressional speech.

Netanyahu remains under fire over the failures that led to Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, and faces growing calls to agree to the US-backed deal opposed by his far-right coalition partners that would bring an end to the fighting and free the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza.

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