Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected calls from the United States to take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state after the war and scale back its military offensive in Gaza. Comments by the Israeli Prime Minister drew a fierce rebuke from the White House, its principal ally. The tense back and forth reflects a wide rift between the two over the scope of Israel’s war and its plans for the future of the besieged enclave. “We obviously see it differently,” Washington national security spokesperson John Kirby said. Netanyahu spoke just a day after US Secretary of State Antony Bli…