White House: Biden-Netanyahu phone call was ‘direct and productive’

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

US President Joe Biden is greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)
US President Joe Biden is greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Today’s phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden was roughly 30 minutes long, was “direct and productive” and included a discussion regarding Israel’s response to the Iranian missile attack earlier this month, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says.

“The US and the Israeli government have had discussions since last week after the Iran attack, and so that those discussions continued with the president and the prime minister,” Jean-Pierre says, adding that the two leaders have spoken over a dozen times since October 7 and that a full readout will be issued shortly.

The Prime Minister’s Office said earlier that the call lasted about 50 minutes.

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