It is three weeks since Joe Biden was founded and Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet received a call from the White House. The Israeli Prime Minister has indicated that he is not happy but is waiting for the phone.
Danny Danon, leader of World Likud, Netanyahu party’s global branch, tweet message to Biden on Wednesday, interestingly announcing all the countries that recently received leaders with a call from the Oval Office.
Ambassador Danny Danon דני דנון
(@dannydanon)@POTUS Joe Biden, you have called world leaders from#Canada#Mexico#UK#India#France#Germany#Japan#Australia#South Korea#Russia
Now may be the time to lead the #Israel, the closest relative of the #USThe
The PhM number is: 972-2-6705555 pic.twitter.com/OYgPvVga6F
“Could it be time now to call on the leader of #Israel, the closest ally of the #US?” Asked Danon, who was Israel’s ambassador to the UN until last year. For good measure he said: “The number of the PhM is: 972-2-6705555.”
That number is listed on the Israeli foreign ministry website, but calls are answered with a recorded message, saying it is out of service. “Please check the number and dial again,” the message reads.
Netanyahu has said he expects to receive word from Biden soon.
“He is making calls to world leaders in the order he sees fit. It has not yet reached the Middle East, ”the prime minister said on Monday. “The Israeli-US alliance is strong so our relationship is nearly 40 years old, although we may not agree on everything.”
Netanyahu formed a close relationship with Donald Trump, making the common cause of hostility to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Trump backed Netanyahu’s settlement building policies in the West Bank and Israel’s connection to the Golan Heights. He helped address Israeli diplomatic normalization in dealing with the Gulf monarchies.
Netanyahu gave back a chance to the former U.S. president, announcing Golan Heights ’proposed Trump Heights settlement and strongly supporting him on the U.S. political stage.
Netanyahu kept a picture of himself with Trump as the banner image on his official Twitter account as far back as Jan. 11, five days after the uprising with Trump supporters at the Capitol – a rampage for which the former president tried in the Senate.
“A memorandum for all interested parties,” David Aaron Miller, now a Middle East state department analyst at the Carnegie Endowment, Danon tweeted. “Come call.” But it sends a clear message. Netanyahu was Trump’s 3rd call. To call Dorothy, we’re not in Kansas anymore. “
Yossi Melman wrote in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz: “Biden and his supporters aim to tell Netanyahu: You are nothing special, you are not one child… Not only is the connection personal and chemistry you had with Donald Trump improving your standing in Washington, they are an obstacle. “