U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in nearly a month on Friday about Israel’s ongoing strikes in Gaza and differences over a future Palestinian state. White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that Biden had been trying to schedule the call "for quite a bit of time" and denied it came in response to Netanyahu’s comment on Thursday saying he objected to Palestinian statehood that did not guarantee Israel’s security.
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