Biden increasingly impatient with Netanyahu, sources say
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President Joe Biden has become increasingly impatient with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a blunt phone call Wednesday in which the US President set a deadline for violence to ease between Israel and Hamas.
The call, in which Biden made clear he expected a ceasefire soon, was more "direct, frank and candid" than any of their previous conversations since the President took office, according to a senior administration official. And Biden -- who has a relationship with Netanyahu that stretches back decades -- did not hold back, the official added. It was the two leaders' fourth phone call in a week as violence intensified between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. The White House has used progressively more urgent language to describe each conversation, even as officials described a diplomatic effort focused more on behind-the-scenes pressure than public cajoling.More Related News