According to an official statement released on Tuesday afternoon by the Prime Minister’s Office staff, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will leave Israel on Monday, heading for the United States to take part in US President Barak Obama’s nuclear conference.

Accompanying the prime minister will be a number of officials, including National Security Advisor Dr. Uzi Arad and Dr. Shaul Chorev, who heads the Atomic Energy Commission.

The prime minister will depart after attending an official ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)