Biden cancels scheduled Rosh Hashanah call with Jewish leaders to focus on Iran attack

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US President Joe Biden speaks briefly to reporters as he arrives at St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., September 28, 2024. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
US President Joe Biden speaks briefly to reporters as he arrives at St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., September 28, 2024. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

The White House canceled the annual phone call US President Joe Biden was slated to hold this afternoon with American Jewish community leaders to mark the Rosh Hashanah holiday, so that Biden could closely monitor the Iranian missile attack against Israel from the situation room, a US official says.

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