Netanyahu's UNGA schedule leaves little space for diplomatic meetings

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in New York on Thursday for an unusually brief visit centered on his address to the UN General Assembly, with plans to spend only about six hours on US soil before returning to Israel that same evening.Netanyahu is expected to land at a military airfield in New Jersey, travel to Manhattan, address the General Assembly, and then head back to Israel. His meeting schedule will also be unusually limited compared with previous UN visits. Netanyahu will not meet US President Donald Trump or Secretary of State Marco Rubio.The Prime Minister's Office said Netanyahu's meetings would include the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, and Ethiopia; the vice president of Colombia; and the prime ministers of Greece, Slovenia, and Papua New Guinea.Netanyahu's speech is expected to begin at around 2 p.m. New York time, or 9 p.m.