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President Biden arrives in Israel as the fallout from an explosion at a Gaza hospital yesterday

sparks protests and inflames the region. It's a potential for a diplomatic meltdown.

Only two weeks ago, we were talking about a giant normalization pact of potential U.S.

security assurances for Saudi Arabia. And now that does seem to be likely to happen anytime soon.

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It's Wednesday, October 18th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories

moving your world today.

President Biden has landed in Tel Aviv to reaffirm U.S. support for Israel one day after a deadly

blast at a hospital in Gaza. The high stakes visit began to splinter even before he left

Washington, with Arab leaders pulling out of a planned summit with Biden in Jordan,

as Israeli and Palestinian authorities remain at odds over who was responsible for the blast.

General reporter Will Maldon is in Israel traveling with President Biden today.

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