Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled his planned trip to the UN General Assembly meeting in New York after failing to gain a parliamentary majority in Tuesday’s elections, his office announced Wednesday.
Why it matters: Netanyahu hasn’t missed the UN General Assembly meeting since 2010. He was planning to meet President Trump on the sidelines of the summit to discuss a defense treaty. The fact that Netanyahu decided to cancel the trip shows the depth of the political crisis he is currently in.
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Source: https://www.axios.com/israel-election-benjamin-netanyahu-un-general-assembly-0fb1e089-641d-48bc-9b0c-e7b0d57c0dce.html
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The Article Was Written/Published By: Barak Ravid of Israel’s Channel 13 news
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