Netanyahu diary reveals close contact with Tony Blair and US senators

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 2024 diary has revealed regular close contact with Republican senators in the US and former British prime minister Tony Blair. 

The diary, which was published this week at the request of the non-profit group Hatzlaha, showed that Netanyahu held seven meetings and nine phone calls with Republican Senator Lindsay Graham.

The diary, much of which was redacted on national security grounds, also reveals that Blair and Netanyahu met seven times.

On 29 October 2024, the Israeli prime minister spoke with UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed, a call that was unreported at the time. 

The discussions with Graham came at a time of heightened tension between Israel and the administration of then-US President Joe Biden over Israel's genocide in Gaza.

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