US President Joe Biden exchanged a “handshake” with … a fist with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as reported by the country’s state television. Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia is being closely watched, with experts watching the body language and rhetoric of the US president as he seeks to mend Washington’s relations with […]
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Israel: Biden Announces Additional $100 Million in Support for East Jerusalem Hospitals
US President Joe Biden pledged today that his country will provide an additional $100 million to support East Jerusalem hospitals as part of its long-term support for Palestinian health facilities. Biden announced the pledge from Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem shortly before meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and before departing for Saudi Arabia. […]
Saudi Arabia opens airspace to ‘everyone’ ahead of Biden visit
Saudi Arabia announced today that it will open its airspace to “all air carriers”, a goodwill gesture to Israel, as US President Joe Biden is expected in the kingdom later today. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority “announces the decision to open the kingdom’s airspace to all air carriers” that meet its conditions, it said on […]
Biden reiterates support for two-state solution to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US President Joe Biden today reiterated American support for a two-state solution to end the years-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, hours before his scheduled meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. Biden’s visit has been met with intense skepticism by Palestinians, who say their concerns about issues such as the right to self-determination and the construction […]
Joe Biden has arrived for his first tour of the Middle East
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has arrived in Israel for his first tour as a president in the Middle East, Agence France-Presse reports. The presidential plane Air Force One landed a while ago at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, where it is waiting to be greeted by President Isaac Herzog and […]
Biden: ‘Operation of persuasion’ in Riyadh to increase oil production
US President Joe Biden will push his case for more oil production from OPEC countries to lower petrol prices when he meets with Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia this week, he said yesterday. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Biden leaves tonight for his first visit as president to the Middle East, which includes visits […]
Biden like Trump in the Middle East
By Kostas Raptis It’s not usual for an American president to apologize, in a sarcastic way, to his domestic audience for a major initiative he intends to take in the field of foreign policy. But that’s exactly what Joe Biden did, publishing an op-ed in the Washington Post on Saturday about the Middle East tour […]
USA: Biden’s age, a taboo that is starting to break in his faction
Democrats and most of the American press have long avoided the topic in disgust, but the age taboo of Joe Biden, 79, is now starting to break in his party. As the US president, the oldest ever elected, departs today for what is sure to be a grueling diplomatic tour of the Middle East, the […]
Israel: Biden’s tour of the region may herald the creation of a common market in the Middle East
Israel’s Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said today he hopes US President Joe Biden’s tour of the region this week will lead to the creation of a common market in the Middle East that will include Saudi Arabia. Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday and then travel to Saudi Arabia on Friday. The White House has […]
Biden Considers Declaring State of Emergency After Overturning Abortion Case Law
US President Joe Biden said today that he has asked his administration to consider whether it has the authority to declare a public health emergency related to abortion, following the Supreme Court’s historic decision that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling about abortions. The statement comes after Biden on Friday signed an executive order […]
