President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday, and during their first call since Biden's inauguration, they discussed everything from Iran to the coronavirus pandemic.
The phone call lasted for about an hour, and the White House readout states that Biden "underscored the importance of working to advance peace throughout the region, including between Israelis and Palestinians," and shared his support of "the recent normalization of relations between Israel and countries in the Arab world."
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