According to left-wing NGO head, the two discussed the "disgraceful outlawing" of human rights groups, entrenchment of the 'occupation,' surge in settler violence against Palestinians.
Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets escort an American B-1 bomber flying over Israeli territory on its way to the Persian Gulf on Saturday. Meanwhile, the US on Friday hit Iran with a fresh set of sanctions targeting the Islamic republic's lethal drone program.
Efforts by Republicans to introduce legislation to prevent the consulate's reopening failed to garner Democratic support in Congress last week.
However, US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Germany, France and Britain meet in Rome ahead of the G20 summit and issue a joint statement warning Iran that the "accelerated" and "provocative nuclear steps" it has taken will jeopardize its return to the 2015 nuclear agreement.
The target of the alleged attack was a shipment of weapons and ammunition heading to Lebanon and Hezbollah, reports the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor from the Syrian opposition.
