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Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will fly to the US on Monday morning and meet with the US president, Joe Biden, on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by Netanyahu’s office.
The meeting between the two leaders comes as Biden, who has been recovering from Covid-19 in self-isolation at his home in Delaware, is being urged by many Democrats to drop out of the presidential race.