Australia, Canada and New Zealand called Friday for an urgent cease-fire in Gaza, increasing the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel a day after Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, declared she would “not be silent” about Palestinian suffering.
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Netanyahu’s trip to Washington this week, which included White House meetings with Mrs. Harris and President Biden and a high-profile speech to Congress, has heightened criticism, both at home and abroad, of his ambivalent response to a proposed cease-fire deal that has been under negotiation for weeks.
He was set to meet the Republican presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump, who has also called for an end to the war, on Friday in Florida.
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