Israeli gov't distances itself from minister's statements calling for 'all of Gaza to be Jewish'
In a tense phone call this morning, Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter urged Minister Eliyahu to retract his statements, saying, "They harm our relations with supporters in the White House"
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen in the plenum of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
