JD Vance and his wife Usha are beginning a two-day official visit to Israel. (Nathan Howard/AFP)
The U.S. administration has brought out the heavy artillery. Preceded by Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday, Oct. 21, for a 48-hour whirlwind visit. This is his first trip since Trump’s return to the White House.The publicly stated goal: to prevent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from undermining Trump’s plan for Gaza by resuming a full-scale offensive against Hamas, according to American officials quoted by the New York Times. The cease-fire agreement, which went into effect on Oct. 10 and was already fragile, wavered over the weekend after two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack attributed by the army to Hamas, prompting a violent response from Israel. The view from Lebanon Lebanese officials don't serve the US, Qassem says,...
The U.S. administration has brought out the heavy artillery. Preceded by Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday, Oct. 21, for a 48-hour whirlwind visit. This is his first trip since Trump’s return to the White House.The publicly stated goal: to prevent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from undermining Trump’s plan for Gaza by resuming a full-scale offensive against Hamas, according to American officials quoted by the New York Times. The cease-fire agreement, which went into effect on Oct. 10 and was already fragile, wavered over the weekend after two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack attributed by the army to Hamas, prompting a violent response from Israel. The view from Lebanon Lebanese officials don't serve the US, Qassem...
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