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Biden in Israel, Palestine for second day of Mideast tour

Biden in Israel and Palestine for second day of Middle East tour
MENA
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14 July, 2022
Joe Biden is in Israel for the second day of his Middle East trip in which he will meet Israeli leaders before flying out to Saudi Arabia on Friday

US President Joe Biden is on the second day of his tour of the Middle East with further meetings with officials in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

He will visit Palestinian leaders before his flight to Saudi Arabia on Friday.

The trips from a part of Biden's first tour of the Middle East as US president.

The 79-year-old leader's visit to Jeddah will be the focus of the tour where he is set to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Biden branded Saudi Arabia a "pariah" over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi.

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