Israel-Gaza Crisis Drags Biden Into Vortex He Sought to Avoid
- Biden hasn’t named an ambassador or special envoy to region
- Netanyahu and Hamas leader warn crisis could escalate
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President Joe Biden took office seeking to avoid a messy entanglement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, instead trying to pivot U.S. foreign policy to China, revive the Iran nuclear deal and wind down America’s “forever wars.”
This week’s flare-up in the Middle East is showing how that plan never really had a chance.