Netanyahu says invited to China, with US-Israel ties tense
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had been invited to China and his office had informed close ally, the United States, about the planned trip to Beijing.
“The projected visit will be Prime Minister Netanyahu’s fourth visit to China,” his office said in a statement, noting that “the American administration was updated one month ago”. When contacted by AFP, a spokesman for Mr Netanyahu could not provide further details on the planned trip or when it was expected to happen.
He returned to power last December in a coalition between his Likud party and extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies, including hardline settlers.Mr Biden has also called on Mr Netanyahu to reach a compromise on his controversial legal reforms, denounced by critics as a threat to democracy, and which the government has vowed to advance after mediation efforts collapsed.
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