Joe Biden was betting that a whirlwind visit to the Middle East this week could help prevent the conflict between Israel and Gaza from spreading across the region, temper its ally’s response to the Hamas attacks and soothe fears in Arab capitals of a widening conflagration.
It was a diplomatic mission fraught with risk, and potential reward. Biden’s trip to Israel might associate him with a forthcoming ground invasion of Gaza, triggering more anger at the US.
But at a summit with regional leaders in Amman, Jordan, he could assure Arab allies that the US remained committed to their security, too, and keep a broader regional peace push — a central ambition of the administration — intact.
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