US Middle East Vision Emerges as Biden Focuses Beyond Gaza War
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FILE - A woman reacts while holding a pillow as she stands amid debris outside the site of the Ahli Arab Hospital in central Gaza on Oct. 18, 2023, in the aftermath of an overnight strike there. FILE - Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's minister of national security and leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, arrives to visit Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, Dec. 30, 2022. Demonstrators lift flags of the Palestinian Hamas group during a rally Dec. 15, 2023, after the Friday prayer in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, protesting Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan meets with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud in Washington, Oct. 30, 2023. Sullivan spoke with Saudi officials Dec. 13, 2023, before continuing to Israel and the West Bank.
An American vision for the Middle East is emerging as the Biden administration presses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war Cabinet to scale back its 10-week-old campaign to root out Hamas in Gaza amid mounting civilian casualties.
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