Biden Downplays Disagreement With Netanyahu on Palestinian Statehood
Voice of America
FILE - President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, Sept. 20, 2023. The two discussed plans for postwar Gaza by phone on Jan. 19, 2024. FILE - Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Dec. 21, 2023. FILE - In this image from video released by Hamas on Dec. 2, 2023, a Hamas fighter aims an Al-Yasin rocket at an Israeli armored vehicle in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. This photo taken Jan. 15, 2024, from Rafah shows a flare and smoke billowing over Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment, amid battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Hours after getting off his phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Joe Biden downplayed his disagreement with the Israeli prime minister over a future Palestinian state as a political goal in postwar Gaza.
