The White House is not joining calls from allies to back a ceasefire to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is instead conducting “quiet diplomacy” with allies in the region in an attempt to defuse the crisis.
As the conflict escalated over the weekend, 25 Democratic senators in Congress urged a stronger response from President Joe Biden and his administration, who upon taking office argued for reorienting Washington’s foreign policy away from Middle East conflicts and toward Asia.
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