Biden speaks with Netanyahu as Mideast tensions in U.S. mount

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Biden speaks with Netanyahu as ******** tensions in U.S. mount

President Joe Biden (L) listens to *******’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he joins a meeting of the ******** war cabinet in Tel Aviv. U.S. President Joe Biden again told *******’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he should not proceed with military action in Rafah without a credible and executable plan to protect ************ civilians, the White House said.

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President Joe Biden held a phone call on Sunday with *******’s Prime Minister 

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 against the backdrop of growing U.S. college campus protests and a possibly 

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 of Rafah.

The two discussed areas of commonality, with Biden “reaffirm[ing] his ironclad commitment to *******’s security” after 

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 on the country earlier this month, the White House readout said. The leaders reviewed ******** and cease-***** discussions and talked about humanitarian aid in Gaza as well.

But the call also underscored daylight between the two on ******** strategy in Gaza’s southern city of 

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. Netanyahu shows no signs of backing away from a ground offensive there — a potential move that the U.S. publicly opposes.

“The leaders discussed Rafah and the President reiterated his clear position,” the 

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 said.

More than a million Palestinians are currently sheltering in the city.

Earlier on Sunday, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby 

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 during an ABC News interview that Israelis have “assured us they won’t go into Rafah until we’ve had a chance to really share our perspectives and concerns with them.”

“So we’ll see where that goes,” he added.

The call comes as pro-************ protests sweep across college campuses. Though protesters’ demands differ across schools, many of the 

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 are calling for an end to the war and urging their universities to divest from companies that do business in *******.

Biden has faced 

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 from progressives and ******* Americans for his support for *******, a longtime U.S. ally, following ******’ surprise ********** ******* on Oct. 7. At the same time, others have 

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 on him to denounce the rising 

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Sunday’s conversation was Biden and Netanyahu’s first phone call since 

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, when Biden spoke with Netanyahu after an ******** airstrike ******* seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers.

During the earlier April call, Biden “emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable,” according to the White House 

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In the days following the aid workers’ April 1 

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, the administration’s public rhetoric toward the ******** government sharpened as the president criticized his ******** counterpart more than he had previously. 

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 in early April that he thinks Netanyahu is making a “mistake” with his handling of the war, adding, “I don’t agree with his approach.”

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