These leaders are already getting what they want from Old Joe Biden. They know he is going to pressure Israel not to go after Hamas too effectively. They also know it’s better optics for their constituencies to self-righteously refuse to meet with the corrupt old dotard.
“Jordan cancels summit with Biden, Sisi and Abbas in Amman,” by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters, October 17, 2023:
AMMAN, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Jordan has cancelled a summit it was to host in Amman on Wednesday with U.S. President Joe Biden and the Egyptian and Palestinian leaders to discuss Gaza, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said.
Safadi said the meeting would be held at a time when the parties could agree to end the “war and the massacres against Palestinians”, blaming Israel with its military campaign for pushing the region to “the brink of the abyss.”
Biden was expected to make a whirlwind trip to Israel where he would later head to Jordan and according to Jordanian officials meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Jordan’s King Abdullah would have hosted the four-way summit, which would have on its agenda the need to get humanitarian assistance to Gaza to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and tamp down the conflict with Israel.
Abdullah has blamed Israel for a blast at a Gaza hospital that killed about 500 Palestinians on Tuesday, saying it was a “shame on humanity” and called on Israel to immediately end its military campaign against Gaza. Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed each other for the deaths….
Goofy says
The New American Century was the shortest century ever!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
So now, it’ll look like Biden is only headed to Israel to pressurize them! Incidentally, talking about humanitarian aid, yesterday, I saw several clips on X where an Israeli soldier opens a jute rice-bag and exposes a number of bullets in them