{"id":69242,"date":"2016-03-08T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T20:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=69242"},"modified":"2016-03-08T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T20:50:19","slug":"biden-arrives-in-israel-amid-widespread-palestinian-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/biden-arrives-in-israel-amid-widespread-palestinian-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Arrives In Israel Amid Widespread Palestinian Terror Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel for a two-day visit as Palestinian assailants killed an American tourist near the Tel Aviv beach and shot two police officers in Jerusalem.<\/a><\/p>\n

The violence, which included a stabbing incident in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petach Tikva, left more than a dozen Israelis injured and the three Palestinian attackers dead, police said in text messages to reporters. A fresh diplomatic row between Israel and the United States also arose as Biden arrived, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government announced it had canceled a planned meeting with President Barack Obama without first informing the White House.<\/p>\n

It was a rough start to Biden’s visit, which was intended in part to assess the prospects for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Biden’s first stop from the airport was at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, about a mile south of where the fatal stabbing occurred. Israeli police said in a statement that the victim was a U.S. citizen but didn’t provide identification.<\/p>\n

Arriving in a motorcade under tight security, the vice president opened his visit by meeting Shimon Peres, Israel’s 92-year-old former president, noting the “terror incidents” nearby. He was to meet with Netanyahu later. Also on the agenda for Biden and his hosts was discussion of Israel’s request to increase the amount of military aid it gets from the U.S., now about $3.1 billion a year.<\/p>\n

The Obama administration issued a statement Monday expressing surprise that officials learned about the cancellation of Netanyahu’s meeting through the media without formal notice from the Israeli prime minister. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday that U.S. officials would have preferred to learn of the cancellation directly from the Israeli government.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: 3 Terror Attacks Across Israel In Past Hour, Over a Dozen Wounded – https:\/\/t.co\/9EDHURnJKj<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4znzvJY2Fy<\/a><\/p>\n

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