Official says PM-Kerry call not cut off

Walla News diplomatic correspondent Amir Tibon reports on Twitter that despite reports to the contrary by the US State Department, a call Sunday between Benjamin Netanyahu and John Kerry was not cut out because of communication issues.

Citing a senior Israeli official, Tibon says Netanyahu told Kerry he had to end the conversation in order to call a bereaved family before their soldier son’s funeral and the two agreed to talk later, which they did.

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On Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said the call had cut out because of a technical glitch and the two had spoken since.

The report was seen as a sign of increasingly chilly ties between Washington and Jerusalem.