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What the Latest Fighting Between Israelis and Palestinians Means for Biden

The U.S. president had hoped to avoid getting entangled in the conflict. Then the shooting started.

By , the executive editor for podcasts at Foreign Policy.
Rockets are fired from Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, toward Israel on May 10.
Rockets are fired from Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, toward Israel on May 10.
Rockets are fired from Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, toward Israel on May 10. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images

What started as a confrontation over a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem has sparked some of the fiercest clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in years, with airstrikes and rocket attacks killing at least 30 Palestinians and three Israelis.

Dan Ephron is the executive editor for podcasts at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @danephron

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