Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the White House for his meeting with President Joe Biden. It is the Israeli prime minister's first visit during Biden's three and a half years in power, AFP notes.
Biden is expected to press Netanyahu to bring about a cease-fire in Gaza.
The message that Biden will deliver at the meeting is that there is "no time to lose," according to a source for Axios.
AFP has also spoken to a source in the Biden administration who states that the negotiations for a truce are coming to an end and that the president will help close "the last gaps".
- We believe that we are in the final stages and that it is possible to conclude an agreement, says the source.
In his address to the nation, Joe Biden said he "will continue to work to end the war in Gaza."
The news agency writes at the same time that there is a risk that Netanyahu will be "tempted to wait" in order to be able to negotiate with Biden's successor instead.
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Many Israelis disappointed by Netanyahu's US speech
Benjamin Netanyahu drew a lot of long applause when he spoke to the US Congress on Wednesday - but in Israel the speech was met with widespread disappointment, writes the New York Times.
A large part of the population wants Netanyahu to bring about a ceasefire at any cost so that the more than 100 remaining hostages can be released. Netanyahu said in the speech that "intense efforts" are underway to free the hostages, but avoided endorsing the proposed deal now being negotiated.
The news that the bodies of five more hostages have been brought home to Israel dominates the media on Thursday, while the speech is given less space.
"It was a speech completely without either disappointments or good news," writes Ben-Dror Yemini in an opinion piece in the popular daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, accusing the prime minister of "big words but contradictory actions."
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