Ten days after Hamas massacred more than 1,000 Israelis during the terror attacks some have described as the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust, it looked like President Joe Biden’s — and America’s — influence in the Middle East was at a nadir.
Mr Biden appeared to have been snubbed by Arab leaders whom he’d been set to meet during a planned visit to Israel and Egypt, in critics’ telling because of his vociferous support for Israel’s military campaign to eradicate Hamas from the Gaza Strip following the 7 October attacks.
