Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet United States President Barack Obama at the White House on May 20th, A White House statement said, "The leaders look forward to discussing the full range of issues of mutual interest to the United States and Israel.".

Netanyahu is expected to make a major foreign-policy announcement during a speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. House Speaker John Boehner announced three weeks ago that he would invite the prime minister, but no date has been confirmed.