Kirby says US looking to hold in-person meeting with Israel in ‘next week or so’

The Hill ^ | 04/07/2024 | SARAH FORTINSKY

[ChicagoConservative27]

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said on Sunday that the United States is looking to set an in-person meeting in the “next week or so” after a virtual meeting this past week.

The meeting comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled an initial plan for an Israeli delegation to travel to the U.S. to meet with counterparts about the operation in Rafah.

“We had a virtual meeting last week. We expect to have an in-person meeting with Israeli counterparts in the next week or so. We’re still narrowing down the schedule,” Kirby said in an interview with CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”

[monkeyshine]

You are correct. One problem is that we also fund Hamas and the Palestinian Authority directly and through the UN and other NGOs. We never hold them to account for how they use the money.

[Jacquerie]

<>They want our money and weapons. So if we want them to meet with us, they have no choice.<>

When did the Administration negotiate the billions it gave to Hamas for arms, tunnels and billions of dollars for Hamas’ leaders?

[captmar-vell]

Israel cannot and should not trust Obama and his tool Biden, nothing they will say or promise should be trusted or believed.