For months, U.S. President Joe Biden has been urging Israel to wind down its war on Hamas in Gaza.
For more than a year, he pointedly withheld a White House invitation to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hoping to use it as a reward for good behavior.
Yet this coming week, as Israeli warplanes continue attacking Gaza, Biden is due to receive Netanyahu on Tuesday in the Oval Office, and, in a rare honor, the Israeli leader will address Congress.