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Israel's president visits Washington as US concerns mount

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Ines Pohl
July 18, 2023

Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, is visiting Washington amid tensions between the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank and plans to change Israel's judicial system.

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