Israeli PM and Biden postpone meeting because of Afghanistan

Published August 25, 2021 9:16 PM

By AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett have postponed their White House meeting as Biden focused his attention on dealing with the aftermath of deadly explosions near the Kabul airport that targeted U.S. troops and Afghans seeking to flee their country after the Taliban takeover. Biden and Bennett were scheduled to meet late Thursday morning for their first face-to-face conversation since Bennett became Israel’s prime minister in June. The two will instead meet on Friday. Bennett has said the top priority of the visit was to persuade Biden not to return to the Iran nuclear deal.

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