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Biden will meet with Abdullah, Sissi, Abbas in Jordan after Israel visit — White House
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
US President Joe Biden will travel to Jordan after making a wartime solidarity visit to Israel on Wednesday, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says.
While in Amman, he will meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for sit-downs to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Kirby says.
Biden “will reiterate that Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination and discuss the humanitarian needs of civilians in Gaza,” the White House later adds in a statement.
