The attack took place on the day Biden left for Israel. The second part of the trip will in fact not take place, because Jordan has canceled the ‘four-party summit’ (US, Egypt, the Palestinian National Authority and Jordan itself) that was supposed to take place in Amman.
The American president Joe Biden will land this Wednesday Israel, a day after the massacre caused by the bombing of the Ahli Arab Hospital, which left at least 500 dead. The trip, which was announced earlier this week, intended as a key in unblocking negotiations on delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, albeit after the attack The conversations seem, if anything, more complicated.
In fact, Jordan canceled the summit planned between Biden himself, Palestinian National Authority (PNA) leader Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah of Jordan and the President of Egypt. The “four” meeting was to take place after the US president’s visit to Tel Aviv.
White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby said yesterday that the cancellation of Joe Biden’s trip to Amman to discuss the opening of a humanitarian corridor in Gaza was by consensus. “The decision not to go to Amman was made by mutual agreement when President Biden spoke with the King (Abdallah of Jordan) this afternoon. They both agreed that now was not the time to try to organize this meeting, after President ‘Abbas made it. “It was very clear and understandable that he wanted to go home for three days of mourning,” Kirby said.
The spokesperson made these statements on board Air Force One, in which President Biden travels to meet the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and learning firsthand the country’s needs to defend itself against Hamas.
Biden decided to continue with this trip despite the attack on the Gaza hospital. Kirby stated that the US president spoke by phone with Al Sisi and Abbas, and that he will speak with them again today, “on the flight home.” He also spoke with Netanyahu, who “categorically” reiterated that Israel was not the author of the bombing. The U.S. government, Kirby explained, is gathering “as much information as possible” about what happened.
According to predictions, Biden will first meet Netanyahu “in a very small, limited bilateral meeting.” Meetings are also planned with Israel’s war cabinet and members of the security forces, as well as with families of deceased and kidnapped people.
Source: EITB
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