Jordan scraps summit with Biden, Abbas

The US president will not be able to “stop the war” between Israel and Hamas, Jordan’s foreign minister

Jordan has canceled a summit involving US President Joe Biden and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas following a deadline missile strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip. 

“We decided not to hold the four-way summit in Amman because Washington will not be able to make a decision to stop the war [between Hamas and Israel],” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on said in a statement carried by Al Jazeera. He added that the move had been made in consultation with the US, Palestinian Authority, as well as Egypt, whose leader, Abdel Fattah as-Sisi, was also set to participate in the meeting on Wednesday. “The bombing of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital is a heinous war crime that cannot be tolerated,” the Jordanian diplomat said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Abbas decided to cut short his trip to Jordan and “immediately return to the…

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