Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely is scheduled to arrive in Washington, DC on Monday for a meeting with United States Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan. Sullivan. During the train ride from New York to Washington, Hotovely said the main topic of discussion will be changes in the region following the deepening Iranian hold on the area near Israel's border with Syria and how North Korea relates to Iran.
Hotovely also said, "I intend to raise the issue of UNRWA, the same refugee agency that the United Nations has been cultivating all these years through a massive contribution of countries." Referring to the refugee status of UNRWA's clients, she said she intends to say, "So many generations after our War of Independence, the Palestinians are not refugees."