Netanyahu's party angered at Biden's meet with his opponent

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday met with Israeli opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

The meeting, which was described as “informal”, was part of a series of meetings that Herzog made with several leaders.

The meetings came just one day after an official in Washington said that Biden would be “traveling abroad during the joint session of Congress” during which Netanyahu is to speak, a reflection of the White House’s anger over the speech.

The speech was initiated by House Speaker John Boehner, who invited Netanyahu without the knowledge of either the White House's or Democratic leaders in Congress.

The Likud party was incensed at the meeting between Herzog and Biden.