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CNN has revealed details of a tense phone call between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September last year, according to journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in a new book, published Tuesday, examining the relationship between the two leaders. According to the book, Regime Change, Trump expressed strong frustration with Netanyahu over what he saw as an insufficient response to US efforts to secure a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. The authors quoted Trump as telling Netanyahu: “I’m tired of your behaviour. I’ve done everything to protect you, and you’d better move forward with this. Everybody is sick of you, Bibi.” He added: “All the Jews are sick of you, even the Jews on […]