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Biden now testing negative for COVID-19 and his 'symptoms have resolved'

Biden now testing negative for COVID-19 and his 'symptoms have resolved'
Hanging over those negotiations as well as over the Israeli Prime Minister's trip to Washington this week is one key question. Does Netanyahu actually want *** cease fire deal? If you listen to the conventional wisdom in Israeli media politics, even on the streets of Tel Aviv, the answer to that question would be no that the Israeli Prime Minister actually has much more to gain by prolonging this war than by ending it. You know, this war has allowed him to stave off elections that he would likely lose at this moment. His right wing governing coalition partners have also threatened to collapse his government if he agrees to *** deal that stops the fighting. There's also evidence that the Israeli Prime Minister has been throwing up 11th hour obstacles to *** potential deal reneging on at least one key Israeli concession and also throwing up *** new demand regarding Israeli control of that Philadelphia corridor along Gaza's border with Egypt. But the Israeli Prime Minister is also coming under enormous pressure right here in Israel as well as in the United States and he's going to face that pressure directly from President Biden and other top us officials the question is, will that pressure actually be effective coming from Biden who is now effectively *** lame duck president? But at the same time, Netanyahu is now sitting down with *** man who is squarely focused on his legacy untethered from the constraints of electoral politics. So that will be *** fascinating dynamic to watch. But then there's also this other possibility which is that Netanyahu will actually be looking to someone else perhaps for an answer on which way he should lean regarding striking *** cease fire deal or not. And that man could be former president Donald Trump. Netanyahu is an avid and very keen watcher of us politics. He will certainly be keeping *** close eye on the polls and on Donald Trump's chances to become president, but it should be noted that their relationship, despite Trump's steadfast support for Israel during his presidency, it is far from perfect. It has suffered *** lot of turbulence actually over the last couple of years. And as of now, the Israeli Prime Minister, while he will certainly meet with Trump's allies in Washington. There's no meeting scheduled yet for him with Donald Trump.
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Biden now testing negative for COVID-19 and his 'symptoms have resolved'
President Joe Biden is now testing negative for COVID-19 and his symptoms have resolved, according to a letter from his doctor, Kevin O'Connor, released Tuesday. Related video above: Biden will meet with Netanyahu on Thursday in WashingtonBiden called into the Wilmington, Delaware, headquarters of his former campaign during a visit by Vice President Kamala Harris, whose bid for the White House has been endorsed by Biden. The president sought to pep up the staff, urging them to give “every bit” of their “heart and soul" to Harris. Biden also vowed to be “out on the road” campaigning for his vice president.“If I didn’t have COVID, I’d be standing there with you," said Biden, whose voice sounded a touch gravelly.The president was last seen in public late Wednesday after arriving at a U.S. air base in Dover, Delaware, after testing positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas earlier in the day. He then motorcaded to his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The White House says Biden plans to return to the White House on Tuesday afternoon.Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said that the president had completed his 10th dose of the COVID-fighting medication Paxlovid on Monday morning and continued to perform all of his presidential duties. The White House said Biden received separate briefings on Monday from homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Both briefings were conducted virtually.On Tuesday, Biden announced that he will address the nation on Wednesday to discuss his decision to end his candidacy. Biden plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Thursday, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the White House announcement.Biden also plans to meet at the White House later this week with the families of Americans who are still being held hostage in Gaza, according to a statement from the group of families who met privately with Sullivan earlier Monday.It would be the second time that Biden has met with the families. The families again publicly urged Israel and Hamas to come to an agreement on a cease-fire deal that would release their loved ones. Biden in late May proposed a three-phased deal aimed at returning remaining hostages taken by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and could potentially lead to a permanent truce to end the nine-month war in Gaza.“We’re going to keep working to an end to the war in Gaza," Biden said during his call-in to the campaign headquarters. "I’ll be working really closely with the Israelis and with the Palestinians to try to work out how we can get the Gaza war to end, and Middle East peace, and get all those hostages home. I think we’re on the verge of being able to do that.”

President Joe Biden is now testing negative for COVID-19 and his symptoms have resolved, according to a letter from his doctor, Kevin O'Connor, released Tuesday.

Related video above: Biden will meet with Netanyahu on Thursday in Washington

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Biden called into the Wilmington, Delaware, headquarters of his former campaign during a visit by Vice President Kamala Harris, whose bid for the White House has been endorsed by Biden. The president sought to pep up the staff, urging them to give “every bit” of their “heart and soul" to Harris. Biden also vowed to be “out on the road” campaigning for his vice president.

“If I didn’t have COVID, I’d be standing there with you," said Biden, whose voice sounded a touch gravelly.

The president was last seen in public late Wednesday after arriving at a U.S. air base in Dover, Delaware, after testing positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas earlier in the day. He then motorcaded to his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The White House says Biden plans to return to the White House on Tuesday afternoon.

Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said that the president had completed his 10th dose of the COVID-fighting medication Paxlovid on Monday morning and continued to perform all of his presidential duties.

The White House said Biden received separate briefings on Monday from homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Both briefings were conducted virtually.

On Tuesday, Biden announced that he will address the nation on Wednesday to discuss his decision to end his candidacy.

Biden plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Thursday, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the White House announcement.

Biden also plans to meet at the White House later this week with the families of Americans who are still being held hostage in Gaza, according to a statement from the group of families who met privately with Sullivan earlier Monday.

It would be the second time that Biden has met with the families. The families again publicly urged Israel and Hamas to come to an agreement on a cease-fire deal that would release their loved ones. Biden in late May proposed a three-phased deal aimed at returning remaining hostages taken by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and could potentially lead to a permanent truce to end the nine-month war in Gaza.

“We’re going to keep working to an end to the war in Gaza," Biden said during his call-in to the campaign headquarters. "I’ll be working really closely with the Israelis and with the Palestinians to try to work out how we can get the Gaza war to end, and Middle East peace, and get all those hostages home. I think we’re on the verge of being able to do that.”