Biden Invites Israel's Netanyahu to Washington

President Joe Biden has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, D.C., for an official visit, a statement from the prime minister's office said Monday.

The invitation was extenced Monday, in the first phone call between the leaders in months, the office said.

The move marks a shift in U.S.-Israeli relations as most Israeli prime ministers had already received an invitation to the White House this far in to their terms.

The two leaders shared a "long and warm" conversation, the Israeli statement said. Biden reassured Netanyahu of the strong ties between Israel and the U.S. as well as of joint efforts to combat the nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime.

Netanyahu told Biden he would try to form "broad public consensus" on controversial legislation in Israel that would see its highest court stripped of much of its powers.