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Israel-Hamas conflict: Summit between Jordan, US, Egypt and Palestinian leaders cancelled on eve of Biden’s Middle East go to

Palestinian, US, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders, have collectively cancelled their upcoming summit, simply hours earlier than Joe Biden was on account of go to the area.

The US president was set to fulfill them after his go to to Israel on Wednesday.

The summit’s cancellation is a blow to Mr Biden’s diplomatic efforts over the Middle East disaster.

Jordan’s international minister Ayman Safadi stated: “There is no use in talking now about anything except stopping the war”.

Mr Biden will now not go to Jordan, and as a substitute solely go to Israel, the White House stated.

A spokesperson stated: “After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, President Biden will postpone his travel to Jordan and the planned meeting with these two leaders and President Sisi of Egypt.

“The president despatched his deepest condolences for the harmless lives misplaced within the hospital explosion in Gaza, and wished a speedy restoration to the wounded.

“He looks forward to consulting in person with these leaders soon, and agreed to remain regularly and directly engaged with each of them over the coming days.”

Biden now has a 10-hour flight to work out his subsequent steps

It is simply a 20-minute drive from the place I’m on the White House to joint base Andrews the place Air Force One was ready on the tarmac to select up President Biden.

But even in that brief journey the president’s journey to Israel and the Middle East was plunged even additional into disaster.

A deliberate summit with regional leaders in Jordan was already hanging by a thread after the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, withdrew. But as President Biden’s motorcade zoomed in the direction of the airstrip, King Abdullah of Jordan cancelled the assembly fully.

It means one half of President Biden’s journey is now non-existent. He was going to make use of that assembly to induce these leaders to throw their help behind Israel because the US has, and try and stave off a wider battle.

The complexion of his journey has utterly shifted because the horror of the hospital blast in Gaza. President Biden now has a 10-hour aircraft journey to ponder the best way to react to that given the competing narratives of who’s accountable.

But who is aware of what may need occurred by the point he lands in Tel Aviv?

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