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Biden strongly considering trip to Israel, officials say
President Joe Biden is strongly considering traveling to Israel as early as this week, three U.S. officials tell NBC News.
Officials say planning has begun for a potential ground visit from Biden.
The White House declined to comment.
Biden on Sunday was invited to Egypt for an international summit on Oct. 21 centered on the future of Palestinians.
NBC News reported on Sunday the White House was considering an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for Biden to travel to Israel.
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Trump says he would expand travel ban to include Gaza residents if reelected
Donald Trump said that if elected president again in 2024, he would widen the travel bans from his first term in office to include residents from Gaza and “anywhere else that threatens our security.”
“I banned refugees from Syria, I banned refugees from Somalia, and from all the most dangerous places in the world — and in my second term, we are going to expand each and every ban to keep America safe,” Trump announced at a campaign stop in Iowa, according to remarks prepared for the event.
Trump in those remarks also vowed to implement “strong ideological screening” for all U.S. immigrants and “aggressively deport resident aliens with jihadist sympathies.”
He also said that his administration would send immigration officers to “pro-jihadist demonstrations to enforce our immigration laws and remove the violators from our…
