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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.