{"id":2206599,"date":"2024-03-26T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-mum-on-israeli-officials-skipping-dc-visit-in-deepening-rift-over-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:11:47","slug":"biden-mum-on-israeli-officials-skipping-dc-visit-in-deepening-rift-over-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-mum-on-israeli-officials-skipping-dc-visit-in-deepening-rift-over-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden silent on Israeli officials&#8217; decision not to visit DC amid escalating Gaza conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-mum-on-israeli-officials-skipping-dc-visit-in-deepening-rift-over-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2206599&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden refrained from commenting on\u2062 Israeli \u200cofficials&#8217; withdrawal\u2062 from Washington, \u200bD.C. meetings regarding the\u2063 Gaza conflict. This \u200bdecision came after \u2063the U.S. abstained \u200bfrom a\u200d UN vote. To read more, \u200cclick the\u200d &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button. President Joe Biden chose not to address the Israeli officials&#8217; withdrawal \u200dfrom \u200bmeetings in Washington,\u200d D.C. \u200bconcerning the Gaza \u200bconflict following the U.S. abstention from a UN vote. \u200dFor further details, click on the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> declined to comment Tuesday on the decision from Israeli government officials to back out of a series of meetings in Washington, D.C., surrounding the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled his country\u2019s delegation out of those Washington, D.C., talks after the United States abstained from a Monday United Nations vote calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I don\u2019t want to get into that now,\u201d Biden told reporters Tuesday after delivering remarks at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> on the recent bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland. \u201cI\u2019ll have plenty of time to talk about Rafah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just one day prior, National Security Council spokesman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kirby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Kirby<\/a>\u00a0said the White House was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by Netanyahu\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing. We\u2019re very disappointed that they won\u2019t be coming to Washington, D.C., to allow us to have a fulsome conversation with them about viable alternatives to them going in on the ground in Rafah,\u201d he said at Monday\u2019s White House press briefing. \u201cNothing has changed about our view that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-pounds-terrorist-targets-inside-gaza-surges-ground-forces-we-have-not-seen-anything-like-this\/\" title=\"Israel launches airstrikes and deploys ground forces in Gaza, unprecedented in scale.\">major ground offensive<\/a> in Rafah would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-brady-calls-raising-corporate-taxes-a-major-mistake\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Brady calls raising corporate taxes a \u2018major mistake\u2019\">major mistake<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president previously voiced optimism about brokering another extended ceasefire agreement before the start of Ramadan; however, negotiations between Israel, Hamas, and various third parties have stalled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">recent weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Biden\u2019s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"Q4H8zpJUyDw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q4H8zpJUyDw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, President Biden stayed mum on Israeli officials&#8217; withdrawal from Washington, D.C., meetings regarding Gaza conflict. 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