holy month of Ramadan<\/a>. Netanyahu accused the U.S. of \u201cretreating\u201d from a \u201cprincipled position\u201d by allowing the vote to pass without conditioning the cease-fire on the release of hostages.<\/p>\nThe dispute signals an erosion in the U.S.-Israel relationship that has been under a microscope for months as the military assault on Hamas continues, escalating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/p>\n
White House national security spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. was disappointed in the decision to cancel the delegation\u2019s visit this week. He said the talks with Gallant would likely include some of what the U.S. had planned to discuss with the Israeli delegation on the possible Rafah invasion.<\/p>\n
Gallant met Monday with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Kirby said those meetings, however, had not been intended as a replacement for the delegation meetings.<\/p>\n
_____ Associated Press broadcast reporter Sagar Meghani contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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