John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications for the US National Security Council, said on Monday that a meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take place “probably before the end of this year”.

“They have agreed that that they will meet, probably before the end of this year, and all the details of the wheres and the whens are still being worked out,” Kirby told a press briefing when asked about the issue following the phone call between the two leaders earlier in the day.

The Prime Minister’s Office said in its statement following the call that Biden invited Netanyahu to an upcoming meeting in the US, adding that Netanyahu “responded positively to the invitation and it was agreed that the Israeli and US teams would coordinate the details of the meeting.”

A White House statement on the conversation did not mention a potential meeting between Netanyahu and Biden, who has notably not invited Netanyahu to the White House for a meeting since the latter's reelection as Prime Minister last year.

Kirby also said in his comments that the meeting between Netanyahu and Biden does not indicate that Washington is not concerned over the Israeli government’s planned judicial reform.

"That doesn't mean that... we have less concerns over these judicial reforms or less concerns over the extremist activities and behaviors of some members of the Netanyahu Cabinet," he stated. "Those concerns are still valid. They're disturbing. The President had a chance to reiterate... our concerns about all that in his phone call with the Prime Minister."

Kirby was also asked during the press briefing about comments by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who declared that Israel is a racist state before walking back her comments and saying they were directed specifically towards the current government.

“Well, we saw that she apologized and we’re glad that she did. We think an apology was the right thing to do for those comments,” he replied.

“I think, as you saw from my readout of the call with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and you’ll see this tomorrow when the President gets a chance to meet with President Herzog, our commitment to Israel is ironclad, and we’re going to make that clear and consistent every chance we get,” continued Kirby.