Violence in Israel Challenges Bidenâs âStand Backâ Approach
The president came to office seeing little opportunity to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He may now be forced to get more involved.
Airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday. Calls are growing in the Democratic Party for President Biden to play a more active role in the region as violence escalates.Credit.via Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
May 11, 2021Updated 8:51 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON â President Biden took office in January with little interest in pursuing an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, for understandable reasons.
President Bill Clinton hosted an Israeli-Palestinian summit during his first year in the White House. President Barack Obama appointed a Middle East peace envoy on his second full day in office. And before his swearing-in, Donald J. Trump vowed to secure an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal âwhich no one else has managed to get.â
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By Peter Beinart
Mr. Beinart is a contributing Opinion writer who focuses on U.S. foreign policy.
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