Biden's snub of Netanyahu sets tone for US-Israel relationship
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may or may not be waiting by his phone. What is certain: A month after taking office, President Joe Biden has called more than a dozen world leaders and key U.S. allies — but not his Israeli counterpart. The apparent snub — Netanyahu was President Donald Trump’s third call upon taking office — is driving Israelis crazy. Commentators and ...
by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Feb 17, 2021
3 minutes
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may or may not be waiting by his phone.
What is certain: A month after taking office, President Joe Biden has called more than a dozen world leaders and key U.S. allies — but not his Israeli counterpart.
The apparent snub — Netanyahu was President Donald Trump’s third call upon taking office — is driving Israelis crazy.
Commentators and politicians are abuzz with speculation that Biden is freezing out Netanyahu after four super-cozy years with the Trump
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