US President Joe Biden will call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Monday), Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reported.
Multiple officials told Ravid that the conversation will focus on the issue of the Israeli government's efforts to pass a judicial reform bill this week.
The call comes as Israeli President Isaac Herzog is on his way to Wahington, where he will address a joint session of Congress as well s meet with President Biden.
Biden has notably not invited Netanyahu to the White House since the latter came back into office more than half a year ago.
Last week, Biden stated during an interview with CNN that the current Israeli government is "the most extreme Israeli government I have ever seen."
“It’s not all Israel now in the West Bank, all Israel’s problem, but they are a part of the problem and particularly those individuals in the cabinet who say, ‘We can settle anywhere we want. They have no right to be here, etc.,’” Biden said. “And I think we were talking with them regularly, trying to tamp down what’s going on, and hopefully, Bibi will continue to move toward moderation and change.”
Biden has also been critical of the judicial reform legislation, despite his own criticism of the American Supreme Court.