US Ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield to visit Israel

• Published date: 29 September 2021
• Author: TOVAH LAZAROFF

"We're looking forward to your visit," Bennett told her when the two met Monday at the UN General Assembly, after the Prime Minister addressed the high-level opening session of the General Assembly.

Bennett asked her to continue to anti-Israel bias in international institutions.

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The Trump administration had withdrawn from some of those institutions, including the UN Human Rights Council. The Biden administration has rejoined the council and other international bodies.

"I think that the reengagement of the United States with international institutions is a good opportunity to bring balance to these institutions vis a vis Israel," Bennett told the US envoy.

"Many times we feel these institutions are slanted and sometimes unfair and I think the new spirit between America and Israel can be brought to bear and we can do great things together," he said.

Bennett asked Thomas-Greenfield to continue to her efforts to help secure the release of the bodies of two IDF-soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, believed to have been killed during the 2014 war and to help ensure the release of two Israeli...