Netanyahu not budging on Biden’s Gaza war plea

US President Joe Biden has mobilized his three top national security officials to pressure Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept US plans for ending the Gaza war and future Middle East peace. Biden wants Netanyahu to change battlefield tactics and prepare for negotiations leading to the creation of a Palestinian state. Netanyahu is resisting both proposals, setting off a diplomatic crisis not between the US and a traditional adversary but between Washington and a close ally. A key policy concern for Biden has been to keep the war from spreading elsewhere in the Middle East and cement alliances with key Arab countries. For Netanyahu, the goals are both to end forever the...