Netanyahu to Visit White House in June

It could get awfully frosty in Washington this summer. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation from Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to visit the White House this June. The purpose of the visit, Emanuel said of the invitation while on a visit in Israel, would be “a work meeting to discuss both our shared security interests as well as our close cooperation in seeking peace between Israel and its neighbors.” Emanuel also went out of his way to thank Netanyahu for the “wonderful trip” his family was having in Israel. “It has been heartfelt and nothing more than a father could wish his son [Zach] on his Bar Mitzvah the way the Israeli people have treated him—now if we just get him to do his homework that will make me happy,” he joked.