{"id":89633,"date":"2022-06-16T15:11:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T12:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jcpa.org\/?p=89633"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T12:11:43","slug":"preview-of-president-joe-bidens-visit-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcpa.org\/preview-of-president-joe-bidens-visit-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview of President Joe Biden\u2019s Visit to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Biden administration is trying to appease Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and has taken an intermediate step toward reopening the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, which was closed during the Trump administration.<\/li>\n
Israel made a mistake by not objecting to the administration\u2019s action, which begins to erode Trump\u2019s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The White House officially announced that President Biden would visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 13 and 14, 2022.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, June 14, senior PLO official and Abbas confidant Hussein al-Sheikh met Barbara Leaf, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, who came to Israel to lay the groundwork for the president\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n
Biden will be hosted by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, where Abbas hosted President Trump in the past.<\/p>\n
Biden is expected to visit east Jerusalem for the first time. There, perhaps at the Makassed Hospital, he is expected to announce the renewal of U.S. financial aid to east Jerusalem\u2019s hospital network, amounting to tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n
The Biden administration is concerned about reports of 87-year-old PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas\u2019 state of health and fears that his exit from the political stage will undermine the PA\u2019s hold on the West Bank, spark a bloody succession battle, and boost the status of Hamas.<\/p>\n