{"id":2220199,"date":"2024-04-13T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cuts-beach-vacation-short-for-briefing-on-middle-east-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T18:40:35","slug":"biden-cuts-beach-vacation-short-for-briefing-on-middle-east-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cuts-beach-vacation-short-for-briefing-on-middle-east-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden abbreviates beach trip for Middle East crisis update"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-cuts-beach-vacation-short-for-briefing-on-middle-east-crisis%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=2220199&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 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-fauci-birx-made-nothing-but-mistakes-in-the-early-days-of-the-pandemic\/\" title=\"President Trump: Fauci, Birx made nothing but mistakes in the early days of the pandemic\">cutting short<\/a> his trip to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, to return to the White House this weekend. \u200cHe will meet with his national security\u2063 team to \u200baddress\u200d the escalating Middle East crisis amid concerns of a potential Iranian attack on Israel. Secretary\u200b of State Antony \u2064Blinken is expected to join the meeting following Iran&#8217;s recent seizure of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">ship<\/a> near the Strait of Hormuz. President Joe Biden is \u200dabbreviating his Rehoboth Beach trip to head back to the White House this \u2063weekend. He plans to confer\u2062 with his national security \u200cteam regarding the intensifying \u2062Middle\u2063 East \u2062crisis amidst worries of a \u200bpossible Iranian assault on Israel.\u200d Secretary of State Antony Blinken is\u2062 anticipated to \u200cparticipate in\u200b the meeting subsequent to Iran&#8217;s recent\u200d ship seizure near the Strait of Hormuz.  <\/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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> will return to the White House this weekend to discuss the Middle East crisis with his national security team, cutting short a trip to his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden will return to Washington to \u201cconsult with his national security team about events in the Middle East,\u201d the White House <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-13-24\/h_96747590ce7877721f328f5e1db92421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced<\/span><\/a> Saturday<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The announcement comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-ukrainian-soldier-dies-in-donbas-amid-rising-tensions-between-kyiv-moscow\/\" title=\"Another Ukrainian soldier dies in Donbas amid rising tensions between Kyiv &#038; Moscow\">amid rising tensions<\/a> as American officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-warns-iran-to-not-launch-attack-on-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a> Iran is expected to launch an attack on Israel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to be at the meeting with Biden, according to CNN. The meeting will come hours after Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/irans-irgc-seizes-israeli-linked-ship-near-strait-of-hormuz?topStoryPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seized<\/a> a ship near the Strait of Hormuz linked to Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer\u2019s Zodiac Group shipping company. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have seized a Portuguese civilian cargo ship, belonging to an EU member, claiming Israeli ownership,\u201d Israel Katz, Israel\u2019s foreign minister, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Israel_katz\/status\/1779110154300002423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on X. \u201cThe Ayatollah regime of @khamenei_ir is a criminal regime that supports Hamas\u2019 crimes and is now conducting a pirate operation in violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">international law<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI call on the European Union and the free world to immediately declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guards corps as a terrorist organization and to sanction Iran now,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. has called for Iran to release control of the ship, saying it would hold the country accountable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe call on Iran to release the vessel &#038; its international crew immediately,\u201d National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. \u201cIt must be condemned unequivocally, &#038; we will work with our partners to hold Iran to account for its actions.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Friday, Biden was asked at the National Action Network Convention about when Iran was expected to attack Israel. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to say,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to get into secure information, but my expectation is sooner than later.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel,\u201d he added. \u201cWe will defend \u2014 help defend Israel. And Iran will not succeed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden shortens his Rehoboth Beach trip to address the Middle East crisis. He will head back to Washington this weekend to meet with his national security team and discuss the unfolding events in the region, as stated by the White House on Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2220200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147755659.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147755659.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}