Biden Plans High-Stakes Israel Visit to Keep War From Escalating
- President to meet Netanyahu ahead of planned ground offensive
- Rare trip near warzone comes amid political friction at home
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President Joe Biden will make a dangerous and politically risky trip to Israel intended to show solidarity with the US’s closest ally in the Middle East and prevent the conflict from engulfing the wider region.
The president’s rare visit near an active and expanding war zone comes as American-led efforts to open a humanitarian corridor to the Gaza Strip faltered. Highlighting the security considerations facing the 80-year-old commander-in-chief, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken briefly took shelter Monday in Tel Aviv after sirens signaled a rocket attack.