US President Joe Biden reassured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call yesterday that he is not trying to push him out, the Axios news site reports.
The report, citing two people with knowledge of the conversation, says that Netanyahu complained about repeated attacks against him by US politicians, singling out US Sen. Chuck Schumer, who last week called on Israel to hold new elections, saying he believed Netanyahu had “lost his way” and was an obstacle to peace in the region.
During the call with Biden, Netanyahu complained about Schumer’s speech and Biden’s endorsement of it, Axios said, adding that he claimed the attacks against him in the US are interference in Israel’s internal politics.
Axios quotes the sources as saying that Biden pushed back and told Netanyahu he is not trying to undermine him and has no intention to intervene in Israeli domestic politics.
The report says the conversation helped clear the air between the two amid an increasing rift.
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