A famous Israeli song asks: “When you say no—what do you mean?” Many Israelis have been asking themselves a similar question since U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby announced on Monday that President Joe Biden had, seven months after the Israeli premier took office, finally invited Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States for an official meeting. Or had he?
The two leaders “have agreed that they will meet, probably before the end of this year, and all the details of the where’s and the when’s are still being worked out,” said Kirby to reporters.
