{"id":125528,"date":"2021-02-12T10:53:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125528"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:12:40","slug":"biden-has-yet-to-call-israels-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-yet-to-call-israels-netanyahu\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Has Yet To Call Israel\u2019s Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-has-yet-to-call-israels-netanyahu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-97586900.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The White House is maintaining that President Joe Biden will \u201csoon\u201d speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but some are questioning if there are other reasons as to why the new president has waited to reach out.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has already spoken to European and Asian leaders, but multiple administration sources told CNN on Thursday that such indicates the administration\u2019s priorities are more focused on \u201cconfronting China and Russia as well as repairing relations and damaged alliances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN notes that \u201cwhile Israel is still a critical ally,\u201d an unnamed source \u201csaid there is some sense of payback in making Netanyahu wait for a call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same source noted on the history between the two leaders, noting that Netanyahu portrayed a \u201ccool treatment\u201d of former President Obama and maintained a \u201cclose alignment with former President Donald Trump.\u201d In addition, the prime minister was slower than other world leaders to congratulate Biden after media outlets announced his victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/after-hours-of-silence-netanyahu-and-rivlin-congratulate-biden-on-election-win\/\">The Times of Israel<\/a> reported, \u201cAfter hours of silence, Netanyahu congratulates Biden, but doesn\u2019t say what for,\u201d including a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netanyahu\/status\/1325302956363812864\">tweet<\/a> from the Prime Minister that did not refer to Joe Biden as the president-elect or Kamala Harris as the vice president-elect.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a>. Joe, we\u2019ve had a long &amp; warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel. I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netanyahu\/status\/1325302956363812864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The message, \u201c\u2019Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. Joe, we\u2019ve had a long &amp; warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel,\u201d was sent at 7 a.m. in Israel (midnight EST), \u201cmore than 12 hours after US media networks called the presidency for Biden.\u201d The Prime Minister included, \u201cI look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the US and Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his congratulatory message, Netanyahu expressed gratitude to Trump:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> for the friendship you have shown the state of Israel and me personally, for recognizing Jerusalem and the Golan, for standing up to Iran, for the historic peace accords and for bringing the American-Israeli alliance to unprecedented heights.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netanyahu\/status\/1325306327476867078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former U.S. government officials added their thoughts on the situation between the two leaders this week, including Ben Rhodes, Obama\u2019s deputy national security adviser for strategic communications. He responded to a tweet by Ambassador Danny Danon, the former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations. Danon tweeted a list of countries whose leaders Biden has already called, including Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, India, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and Russia. He added \u201cMight it now be time to call the leader of #Israel, the closest ally of the #US?\u201d He added Netanyahu\u2019s phone number.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> Joe Biden, you have called world leaders from<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Canada<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mexico<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UK<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/France?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#France<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Germany?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Germany<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Japan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Japan<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SouthKorea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SouthKorea<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russia<\/a><br \/>Might it now be time to call the leader of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a>, the closest ally of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/US?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#US<\/a>?<br \/>The PM&#8217;s number is: 972-2-6705555 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OYgPvVga6F\">pic.twitter.com\/OYgPvVga6F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ambassador Danny Danon | \u05d3\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d3\u05e0\u05d5\u05df (@dannydanon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannydanon\/status\/1359506734218416133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ben Rhodes seemed to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1359552889237041153\">defend<\/a> Biden\u2019s decision, tweeting at Danon that \u201cBibi spent years relentlessly undermining the Obama-Biden Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last time the two world leaders spoke on the phone was Nov. 17 when Netanyahu reached out to congratulate Biden on his victory. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/netanyahu-rivlin-call-to-congratulate-biden-calling-him-president-elect\/\">The Times of Israel<\/a>,&nbsp;\u201cBoth men referred to the former US vice president as the president-elect \u2014 a first for Netanyahu \u2014 ending a long saga in which Israel was seen as unwilling to take a position on the election outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Biden has not personally spoken with Netanyahu, his national security team has made multiple contacts. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/11\/politics\/biden-netanyahu-phone-call\/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&amp;utm_term=image&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2021-02-12T02%3A48%3A04\">CNN<\/a>, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi twice and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with Defense Minister Benny Gantz. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has talked with his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben Shabbat. Multiple officials familiar with the relations between the two governments remark that there is constant communication.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Netanyahu commented on Biden\u2019s delay in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/11\/politics\/biden-netanyahu-phone-call\/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&amp;utm_term=image&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2021-02-12T02%3A48%3A04\">press conference<\/a>, saying, \u201c[Biden] calls leaders in the order that he finds acceptable, North America, then Europe. He hasn\u2019t reached the Middle East yet. I presume he will call me. Believe me, I have no doubt about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Thursday\u2019s press conference, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, \u201cThe President looks forward to speaking with Prime Minister Netanyahu. He\u2019s obviously somebody that he has a long-standing relationship with and obviously there\u2019s an important relationship that the United States has with Israel on the security front and as a key partner in the region\u2026He\u2019ll be talking with him soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No future date for the call was given.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House is maintaining that President Joe Biden will \u201csoon\u201d speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but some are questioning if there are other reasons as to why &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893291,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3676,6523,6524],"class_list":["post-125528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-call","tag-israels","tag-netanyahu"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}