Biden: I ‘didn’t ask for a ceasefire’ in today’s ‘private conversation’ with Netanyahu

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

US President Joe Biden says during a briefing with reporters in Washington, DC, that he had a “long conversation” today with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declining to comment on the content of the “private conversation.”

“I didn’t ask for a ceasefire,” Biden divulges in response to a journalist’s question.

Hebrew media reports have said the phone call lasted 45 minutes.

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