Joe Biden’s Middle East trip


1 Jul 13: U.S. President Joe Biden (a) welcomed by reception ceremony at Ben Gurion airport. Exhibition tour of weapons including Iron Beam battery and laser defence system

2 Travels to Jerusalem and visits Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

LEBANON
ISRAEL 
Ben Gurion
Tel Aviv
1
GAZA STRIP
EGYPT
WEST BANK
SYRIA
JORDAN

1949 Armistice Line
WEST JERUSALEM
3 Waldorf Astoria Hotel
2 Yad Vashem Museum
4 President’s Residence
6 Bethlehem
EAST JERUSALEM
Jerusalem municipal boundary
5 Augusta Victoria Hospital
Old City
King David Hotel Hosting Biden and delegation
U.S. Embassy
2km 1.2 miles


EGYPT
SUDAN
IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA
7 Jeddah
RED SEA
Riyadh 
YEMEN
OMAN
IRAN
400km 250 miles


a b c d


3 Jul 14: Meets Prime Minister Yair Lapid (b) at Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Conducts virtual summit
of leaders of I2U2 forum – India, Israel, UAE and U.S.

4 Meets President Isaac Herzog at President’s Residence

Holds short meeting with opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu
 
5 Jul 15: Visits Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem

6 Meets Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (c) in Bethlehem

7 Jul 16: Attends meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plus Egypt, Iraq and Jordan in Jeddah. Biden expected to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (d)


Source: White House, Reuters 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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