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Biden didn’t make Israeli-Palestinian talks a priority. Arab leaders say region now paying the price

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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The explosion of Israeli-Palestinian violence has Arab leaders faulting a Biden administration policy that moved away from big U.S. pushes for a broad Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Biden officials have made clear from early on they would focus instead on seeking modest improvements of conditions for Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territory. Regionally, President Joe Biden has concentrated efforts on pushing more Arab countries to sign one-on-one accords with Israel, as hoped-for stabilizing measures. The 1973 Arab-Israeli war had led a half-century of U.S. leaders to push for a big Israeli-Palestinian accord as a regional priority.

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