Biden talked to Netanyahu

US President Joe Biden spent a telephone conversation with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The American leader expressed hope for the speedy completion of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Reports about it Reuters.

“I hope that it will end, and it is better that this happens” before, “and not” later “,” said Biden. At the same time, he stated that in the current situation, Israel “has the right to defend.”

Earlier, the Security Council (Sat) of the UN could not agree on the coordination of a joint statement about the exacerbation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Emergency meeting did not led the country to a single result due to the position of the United States.

On May 10, Palestinian groups began a massive shelling of Israel – a total of more than a thousand missiles were issued in the country. In response, the Israeli army called on five thousand reservists and conducted the operation of the “Guardies of the Wall”. The defense forces of the country continued to strike the goals in Gaza: according to the military, as a result, the houses of the three high-ranking leaders of the Hamas movement were destroyed. In total, 500 targets are amazed in Gaza.

The exacerbation began against the background of clashes between Palestinians and Israelis per day of Jerusalem. This date is noted in honor of the expansion of Israeli control on the eastern part of the city as a result of the six-day war of 1967. Israel considers Jerusalem with his united and indivisible capital. Palestine, on the contrary, calls East Jerusalem (Al-Kuds) of the occupied territory – it is supported by UN Security Council resolutions.

/Media reports.