Biden delays meeting with Israeli PM amid Kabul blasts

WASHINGTON, 27 August 2021, (TON): Joe Biden’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was pushed back a day as the US president cleared his agenda to address bombings in Kabul.

“The president’s bilateral meeting has been rescheduled for tomorrow” the White House said. The two leaders had been due to meet at 11:30 a.m. (1530 GMT) Thursday.

Bennett hopes to reboot ties with the Democratic administration after his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu’s tempestuous and polarizing 12 years in office.

However, the crisis in Afghanistan loomed over their meeting even before the bombings tore through Kabul, causing multiple casualties and the deaths of at least 12 US troops.

Bennett acknowledged the impact of Afghanistan in a meeting Wednesday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Bennett said “Mr. Secretary, I appreciate you taking the time in pretty hectic days here in the States. It means a lot to us.”

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