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Weekend: Biden plays down divisions with Israel

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Biden plays down divisions with Israel

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BBC World Service - Weekend, Biden plays down divisions with Israel

Aaron David Miller discusses tensions over two-state solution

Aaron David Miller discusses tensions over two-state solution.

Joe Biden plays down divisions between the US and Israel on a post-war plan. President Biden held a telephone conversation with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu following his comments that Israel must have control of all territory west of the Jordan river. 

Also on the programme: geopolitics at the Davos World Economic Forum; and a BBC investigation into fake social media accounts in Uganda.

Joining presenter Luke Jones are Oana Lungescu, Romanian-born journalist, former NATO spokesperson, now distinguished fellow at RUSI- Royal united Services Institute-  a defence and security think tank here in the UK; and Julian Borger, British journalist and author, World affairs editor for the Guardian.

(Photo: US President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One as he arrives at an airport. Credit: Ken Cedeno/Reuters)

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