UPDATE 1-Biden, Israel’s Netanyahu to speak on Monday, source says

U.S. President Joe Biden will speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter, after relations were strained further by criticism from the top Senate Democrat. The call would be the first between the two leaders since Feb. 15 and comes amid sharp tensions between Israel and its most steadfast ally over Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza that followed Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack inside Israel. In a speech on Thursday, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, a longtime supporter of Israel and the highest-ranking Jewish elected official, called for new elections in Israel and said Netanyahu was an obstacle to peace.