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Biden will find ample potential for acrimony in the Middle East
Biden is not expected to reverse Trump’s signature move of relocating the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the contested city of Jerusalem. The main issue for the new US administration may well be the ruthless and reckless behaviour of Mohammed bin Salman.
David GardnerContributorIn March 2010, then US vice-president Joe Biden, a stalwart supporter of Israel, arrived in Jerusalem with a brief from president Barack Obama to try to revive moribund peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.
Benjamin Netanyahu, then and now Israel’s leader, had reluctantly agreed to a temporary moratorium on Jewish settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.
Financial Times
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