The White House said - Thursday - that President Joe Biden intends to speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon, but did not specify a date.
Netanyahu's absence from Biden's list of contacts with foreign leaders raised eyebrows in Israel and among Middle East experts, and former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump spoke to Netanyahu a few days after they took office.
"The president looks forward to speaking to Prime Minister Netanyahu. He is of course someone who has a long-term relationship with him," spokeswoman Gene Saki said in a press briefing.
But the American spokeswoman said, "He will talk to him soon, but I do not have a specific date," without explaining whether the talks will take place before March 23, the date of the legislative elections in Israel.
Biden held talks with leaders of several allied countries (the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan ...), and with leaders of other countries such as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
It is noteworthy that Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the United Nations under former President Donald Trump, accused the Biden administration of "arrogance" to "a friend like Israel" and "endorsing an enemy like Iran."