Posted 3/18/2024, 3:58:33 PM
Biden, Netanyahu Speak Amid Tensions Over Gaza Crisis Criticism and Calls for Israeli Election
- Biden and Netanyahu spoke for first time in over a month amid growing divide over Gaza crisis
- Tension after Schumer criticized Netanyahu's handling of Gaza war and called for new Israeli elections
- Biden hasn't endorsed election call but said Schumer gave "good speech"
- UN warned of humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, with famine imminent and war escalation potentially pushing half of population near starvation
- Netanyahu lashed out at US criticism and election calls as "wholly inappropriate," saying Israel not a "banana republic"