On Monday evening, the expected first phone call took place between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the call focused on the escalation of protests by Israelis against the judicial reform plan led by the Netanyahu government.

Biden called on Netanyahu to hold a close meeting between them, which will be coordinated by the American and Israeli sides.

The meeting discussed the Iranian file, the expansion of normalization agreements with Arab countries, and the political and field situation in the Palestinian territories.