Over the weekend, Netanyahu has sparred publicly \u2013 if indirectly \u2013 with US president\u00a0Joe Biden, who for months has offered Israel almost unconditional support for its war in Gaza, at considerable political cost to his own administration, both in America and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Netanyahu\u2019s spokesman claimed that in a phone call with Biden, the Israeli leader told the US president that his country\u2019s security needs left no space for a sovereign Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn his conversation with President Biden, prime minister Netanyahu reiterated his policy that, after\u00a0Hamas\u00a0is destroyed, Israel must retain security control over Gaza to ensure that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel, a requirement that contradicts the demand for Palestinian sovereignty,\u201d a statement from the Israeli prime minister\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a barely veiled shot at Biden, who just hours earlier had said the same conversation left him confident an independent Palestine was feasible when Netanyahu was in power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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