Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden
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would launch a new peace initiative during a visit to Israel and the West Bank next week.
Joe's another foreign policy expert, y'know.
"The vice president will not be carrying any major new initiatives," a senior administration official told news hounds. "It’s an uncertain context in the Israeli-Paleostinian issue."
A five-month wave of violence in Israel and the Paleostinian territories has killed more than 200 people, according to a AFP toll count.
"Obviously we are all watching with great concern the kind of defuse but persistent violence between Paleostinians and Israelis in recent months," the official said.
Biden is set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, and Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
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in Ramallah.
He will also meet former Israeli president Shimon Peres. "Peres has had some health issues as of late, and this is basically a friend meeting with another long-standing friend," the official said.
Biden and Netanyahu are expected to discuss the fight against the ISIS group.