Why Hasn t Biden Spoken to Netanyahu Yet? Published February 12th, 2021 - 09:57 GMT
In this file photo taken on March 09, 2016, US Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands while giving joint statements at the prime minister s office in Jerusalem. President Joe Biden will talk soon with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but has no specific plan to do so yet, the White House said on February 11, 2021, underlining an apparent distancing in the key relationship. DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP
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n an echo of former US Secretary of State James Baker’s public pressure on Israel to make peace three decades ago, Danon posted the phone number of Netanyahu’s office.
The end of fighting reversed roles of victor and defeated, as Armenians were forced to give up the land they had won in the conflict of 1991–1994. Azerbaijan regained the seven districts around Nagorny Karabakh that it had lost in the first war, providing the opportunity for at least half a million Azerbaijanis to return home after being displaced for more than twenty-five years. Azerbaijan also captured around one-third of Nagorny Karabakh itself, including the town of Shusha, forcing more than 30,000 Armenians to flee from their homes, while Armenian settlers also had to leave the Armenian-occupied districts outside Nagorny Karabakh at short notice.