
Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu speak for the first time in weeks — has their relationship soured as the Middle East war escalates?
ABCUS President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have broken nearly two months of silence with a phone call at a tense time in the Middle East — and in their relationship. The country is in the middle of planning its retaliation to Iran's 180-strong missile bombardment of Israel last week — with fears the ongoing tit-for-tat could lead to a broader regional war. The US State Department on Wednesday, local time, warned that it would be unacceptable for Israel's military incursion in southern Lebanon to evolve into a situation similar to its invasion of the Gaza Strip. The cancellation tells us something about the tension in Netanyahu's team, but it also throws doubt on the timeline for Israel's promised retaliation against Iran.
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