{"id":2320206,"date":"2024-08-06T18:50:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pressed-on-middle-east-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T18:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:53:38","slug":"white-house-pressed-on-middle-east-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pressed-on-middle-east-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House pressed on Middle East &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fwhite-house-pressed-on-middle-east-washington-examiner%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=2320206&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>The\u2064 article discusses the White House&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrat-weighs-trying-to-delay-sale-of-weapons-to-israel-republican-warns-hamas-caucus-trying-to-get-democrats-to-abandon-israel\/\" title=\"Top Democrat Weighs Trying To Delay Sale Of Weapons To Israel, Republican Warns \u2018Hamas Caucus\u2019 Trying To Get Democrats To \u2018Abandon Israel\u2019\">cautious approach<\/a> in addressing escalating tensions in the\u2062 Middle East,\u200c particularly involving Iran and \u200cIsrael. After the recent killing \u200bof a Hamas\u2063 leader in Iran, Iran and its ally Hezbollah \u2063have threatened retaliatory\u200c actions against Israel. President Joe Biden has engaged \u2063in\u200d discussions with allies and \u200dmobilized U.S. military assets to the \u2063region \u200bbut has refrained from making a public address about the situation. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\u2062 expressed cautious optimism,\u200c emphasizing \u200bthe administration&#8217;s commitment\u2064 to \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a> and \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-israeli-pm-netanyahu-he-expects-significant-de-escalation-today-as-violence-moves-into-day-10\/\" title=\"Biden Tells Israeli PM Netanyahu He Expects \u2018Significant De-Escalation Today\u2019 As Violence Moves Into Day 10\">de-escalation efforts<\/a>,\u2062 yet she did not confirm any positive outcomes from their \u200bdiplomatic initiatives. The \u2064situation remains tense, \u200cand the Biden \u200bAdministration is closely monitoring \u2062developments.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House pressed on rising Middle East tensions<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1724627\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> appeared hesitant to directly address questions about escalating tensions between Iran, Israel, and other Middle East players Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Iran and its proxy group, Hezbollah, have vowed retaliatory attacks and even a potential ground invasion of Israel after the neighboring country killed the political leader of Hamas in Iran last week.<\/p>\n<p>In the subsequent days, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> spoke with allies, mobilized U.S. military assets to the Middle East, and convened his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-covers-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"NBC News Covers the Biden Administration\u00a0\">national security advisers<\/a> in the White House situation room.<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden, who has been keeping a low public profile in efforts to let Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> take center stage as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> Democratic nominee, has yet to deliver nationally televised remarks on Iran&rsquo;s telegraphed threats.<\/p>\n<p>White House national security spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kirby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Kirby<\/a> did not attend Tuesday&rsquo;s scheduled press briefing Tuesday to update reporters on the latest developments.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a>, in turn, faced numerous questions on the topic. Jean-Pierre voiced cautious optimism that Biden&rsquo;s posturing could block Iran from expanding the conflict in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re monitoring the situation closely. We want to make sure that we get to continue to have those de-escalation conversations,&rdquo; she told reporters. &ldquo;It is certainly the president&rsquo;s priority to make sure that we do everything that we can to protect our national security, right? To make sure we have to do everything that we can to work with our partners, and de-escalating the tensions in the Middle East is certainly something that we want to make sure that we continue to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Jean-Pierre could not definitively say if Biden&rsquo;s regional diplomacy was yielding positive progress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, since the beginning of this conflict, we have worked to make sure Israel has what it needs to defend itself, to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza, and manage risk in the region. That&rsquo;s what we have done,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s going to be our focus. It&rsquo;s not just the president and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>. It&rsquo;s also Secretary Blinken. It&rsquo;s his team that are having these conversations as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Later in the briefing, Jean-Pierre declined to comment on any direct communication between Washington and Tehran, Iran, but reiterated that de-escalation conversations &ldquo;are going to continue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Tuesday&rsquo;s briefing in full below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ur9QjVDFrKQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"08\/06\/24: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ur9QjVDFrKQ?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1724627\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1724627\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House seemed reluctant to directly respond to inquiries regarding the increasing tensions among Iran, Israel, and other Middle Eastern entities on Tuesday. Following the assassination of Hamas&#8217;s political leader in Iran by Israel last week, both Iran and its ally Hezbollah have threatened retaliatory strikes and a possible ground invasion of Israel. In response to these developments, President Joe Biden has engaged with allies, deployed U.S. military resources to the region, and gathered his national security team in the White House situation room. However, Biden has maintained a low public profile as he allows Vice President Kamala Harris to take a more prominent role as the 2024 Democratic nominee and has not yet made any nationally broadcast statements addressing Iran&#8217;s threats.<\/p>\n<p>During Tuesday\u2019s press briefing, White House national security spokesman John Kirby was absent while press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced numerous questions about the situation. She expressed cautious optimism that Biden&#8217;s actions might prevent Iran from escalating regional conflicts. &#8220;We\u2019re closely monitoring the situation,&#8221; she stated. &#8220;It is certainly a priority for the president to ensure our national security and work with our partners towards de-escalating tensions in the Middle East.&#8221; Nevertheless, Jean-Pierre could not confirm whether Biden\u2019s diplomatic efforts were making headway.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that since this conflict began, their focus has been on ensuring Israel can defend itself while also addressing humanitarian concerns for Palestinians in Gaza and managing regional risks. She noted that Secretary Blinken and his team are also involved in these discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Later during her briefing, Jean-Pierre refrained from commenting on any direct communications between Washington and Tehran but reiterated that conversations aimed at de-escalation would continue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2320207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-house-iran.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4551,32726,5894,32076,32127],"class_list":["post-2320206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-foreign-policy","tag-middle-east","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-house-iran.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320206","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}