Coming down the steps as he arrives here in israel. What must be going on in his mind . Greeting Benjamin Netanyahu, israels Prime Minister. They have known each other for decades and President Biden has been coming to this region for 50 years now. The us says over and over again what a close ally israel is and that it will unwaveringly stand by the side of israel, but it has also expressed deep concern about the unfolding and increasing humanitarian crisis in ghana so at the moment. Israel has tightened its siege on the gaza strip, no food, water, fuel medicine coming into the strip. And relentless Aerial Bombardment, following that massive loss of life, the murder of moo israelis inside israel ten days ago by militants who were coming out of gaza. So, we see the two men there, joe biden, with israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. They will be going on to hold behind the scenes talks, Closed Door Talks where you can expect a very frank conversation about the ongoing situation. Huge Security Concerns. You can see a Security Detail there around the us president. This is her highly unusual visit. The us president coming to a region which is at war with tensions inflamed and fears of the situation escalating and widening in the region. So, us concerns for the security of its president and israels Security Concerns while he is here are immense. Rockets are constantly being fired at israel and warnings going off. There will be a Sincere Hopein going off. There will be a sincere hope in the us that there will be no scenes of the president having to scramble for cover, as we have seen other leaders having to do in recent days, like the german chancellor. Joining me as frank gardner, our security correspondent. Frank, how will us security and israel go about ensuring the president s safety in this volatile situation . I ensuring the president s safety in this volatile situation . This volatile situation . I was ust lookin at this volatile situation . I was ust looking at those i this volatile situation . I was ust looking at those pictures i this volatile situation . I wasjust looking at those pictures there, | looking at those pictures there, which im sure you are watching as well. What a Security Nightmare for them. Normally, it would take weeks of advanced preparation by the Secret Service to go and check out his route and fete everywhere that he is going. For example, when a us president comes to a big summit in europe, they will often arrive months in advance, and you look at positions where snipers could possibly try and take a shot at the president. They havent had that opportunity this time, and looking at that melee there, that sort of huddle or bundle of people, that is not what the Secret Service like at all. Dont forget that it is within living memory, novemberi995, all. Dont forget that it is within living memory, november 1995, that the israeli Prime Minister then was shot dead by our far right extremist which set back the Peace Process pretty much indefinitely. It was the killer blow to the Peace Process at the time. So the israelis and the americans are going to be very jumpy. He will be travelling in a bullet proof vehicle. He will be meeting the minimum number of people and spending the minimum number of hours on the ground in israel, enough to be able to listen to israels war plans for any coming invasion of gaza, if that is what they are going to do, and for america to urge restraint on the israelis. ~ ~. ,. , , israelis. We know that the president is headin israelis. We know that the president is heading now israelis. We know that the president is heading now for israelis. We know that the president is heading now for closeddoor israelis. We know that the president j is heading now for closeddoor talks is heading now for Closed Door Talks with israels Prime Minister and will then beat speaking to israels wall cabinet and speaking to israeli relatives of those killed by militants coming out of gaza here into israel ten days ago. He will then be making some public statements. What do you expect around that and how that will be held later today . Im around that and how that will be held later today . Held later today . Im quite sure that he will held later today . Im quite sure that he will start held later today . Im quite sure that he will start by held later today . Im quite sure that he will start by saying that he will start by saying americas poor israel to defend itself. He will condemn the attacks on southern israel. He will call for calm, i think. On southern israel. He will call for calm, ithink. He on southern israel. He will call for calm, i think. He will ask for people to find a way out of this. Whether he does that publicly or not. Because there is an opportunity here, extraordinary as it may sound. There is an opportunity for operational pause for a new Israeli Government to say to hamas and palestinian islamichhad. We dont have to go into gaza. We dont have to do this. We can stop here right now, but you would have to lay down your weapons and stop attacking us. In return, israel would be expected to fulfil its side of the bargain which would be to eventually give up settling on arab land. These are the core things at the heart of the problem. Im afraid this dreadful cliche of the cycle of violence is going to go on and on until those two things stop. Gaza militants in gaza firing at it and settlements keep being built on palestinian land. I dont think he is going to go into great detail about that. I think your statement will be fairly short and looking for calm. You allude there short and looking for calm. You allude there to short and looking for calm. You allude there to optimists. There are still a few of those, optimists who see this absolutely dire situation and saying this is so terrible, with so much Trauma Inside Israel after that mass murder of 11100 people, and inside gaza now these Aerial Bombardment, the massive loss of civilian life, including children. 50 of gaza is under the age of 18. In these relentless Bombardment Sway as well, things are so terrible, optimists say that maybe it has got so bad cut, that from here we can maybe build some kind of trust building process, some kind of peace talks. There is talk of Peace Process which hasnt been for a very long time, hasnt there, frank . How up long time, hasnt there, frank . How up realistic are those optimists when what we are talking about is devastation across the streets in the arab world and outrage about what is happening in gaza and so on . I think it is very hard to imagine, with the kind of hardline, pretty intractable figures that Benjamin Netanyahu has got in his cabinet who would encourage settlements being built on arab land and the very environment and like minded people in islamicjihad and hamas. These people are at the opposite end of the spectrum. They are in no mood to make any kind of a deal. You have to remember that the hamas charter, the Founding Charter is the destruction of the state of israel. They did accepts at one point the proposition would choose state at one point. You have to remember the horrors of the October The 7th and the horrific bombing of gaza that has taken place over the last ten days. Gaza was a deeply unhappy place. You have 2. 2 Million People crammed into an area the size of the Isle Of Wight and yet six times the density of the Isle Of Wight. Unable to get out with very little work or access to the outside world. It was a deeply unhappy place, seething with angry young men. That will have to change or we will simply go back to where we were. Hamas will be replaced by another organisation. Has we were. Hamas will be replaced by another organisation. Another organisation. As you say, israel, in another organisation. As you say, israel. In the another organisation. As you say, israel, in the same another organisation. As you say, israel, in the same breath another organisation. As you say, israel, in the same breath as israel, in the same breath as saying, if there is to be a ceasefire, israel could say it Wont Take Part in a ground offensive. On the other hand, the offensive and said it will go in and destroy hamas and wipe hamas out so that it cant do any more harm to israelis. We will be coming to you again in a little bit. Thank you forjoining us for now. We can nowjoin our International Correspondent leys doucet who is very close to the border with gaza. We just saw those pictures of Air Force One Landing in tel aviv and joe biden greeting israels Prime Minister and heading up israels Prime Minister and heading up the talks with him and the israeli war cabinet today. Also watching this meeting very very closely our leaders across the arab world, notjust palestinian leaders, and also citizens, people across the arab world who have been dealt with demonstrating on the streets about the loss of life in gaza these last days. The loss of life in gaza these last da s. ,. ,. ,. , days. These are the images that israel wants days. These are the images that israel wants the days. These are the images that israel wants the words days. These are the images that israel wants the words to days. These are the images that israel wants the words to see i days. These are the images that j israel wants the words to see days. These are the images that israel wants the words to see the israel wants the words to see the world to see. Notjust greeting the american president on the tarmac, but hugging. There was a warm hug between joe but hugging. There was a warm hug Betweenjoe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu, even though relations over the past year before this crisis erupted had been very strained. Joe biden took his time in inviting the israeli Prime Minister to washington, is so unhappy was he in so many in america by many of the policies that Prime Minister netanyahu was introducing, some controversial legal reforms that were being supported by his right wing cabinet in israel, but of course it is a totally new time. It is the time of war. On that tarmac, he greeted notjust the israeli Prime Minister but the proud president was also on that tarmac. This isjoe Biden Notjust doing something for israel but being seen to do something for israel. For the last 50 years of his political life, he has demonstrated time and time again how he is a friend of israel. But he also is the president of the United States of america, the commander in chief, and at this time you could say he wants to be the chief fireman. He wants to show also to the arab world, to the gazans during what the un General Secretary has called general suffering. He could use his relationship with the israelis to talk tough with him. We have heard that he will ask tough questions. There has been military and financial and moral support since the start of this crisis, but he will want to make this clear that israel america does have israels back. But america wants israel to move more fast and persuasively to get aid into gaza, to get at least those people in gaza with passport out and foreign nationals as well, and to ensure it knows that it has to do Everything Possible. Todays the day to emphasise this, despite the day to emphasise this, despite the claim and counterclaim to minimise the harm to civilians. It will be a very tough day forjoe biden, but this is a very tough there. His personal relationships can make a difference. The world is watching, and most of all, the people behind us, you can see there world is rising behind the gaza strip. This world is rising behind the gaza stri. � ,. , world is rising behind the gaza stri, � , world is rising behind the gaza stri. , world is rising behind the gaza stri. R. , strip. As you say the world is watching strip. As you say the world is watching and strip. As you say the world is watching and the strip. As you say the world is watching and the arab strip. As you say the world is watching and the arab world | strip. As you say the world is i watching and the arab world is watching, when you talk about the Importancejoe Biden Places on face to face diplomacy, he will not be getting that opportunity to have face to face talks with arab leaders as he had planned. He had planned, as he had planned. He had planned, as we know, after his meeting with israel to go on To Amman Injordan and to hold a summit with the president of the Palestinian Authority with egypt is like president and with the king of jordan as well. That has been cancelled because of that massive loss of guards and life following an explosion in a hospital in the gaza strip yesterday evening. Life in gaza. We are seeing already a terrible humanitarian situation here in gaza and that situation being blamed by palestinians in israel and israel saying we have evidence that it actually wasnt as at all. The fact that he is not having these face to face talks with arab leaders, had damaging or limiting is that in his visit here to the region now . ,. ,. , that in his visit here to the region now . ,. ,. , that in his visit here to the region now . ,. ,. , now . Diplomacy and most of all this bus at the now . Diplomacy and most of all this busy at the highest now . Diplomacy and most of all this busy at the highest level now . Diplomacy and most of all this busy at the highest level is now . Diplomacy and most of all this busy at the highest level is about. Busy at the highest level is about substance but also about symbols and timing. It is said that the decision to cancel the second leg of the visit was mutually agreed, but for arab leaders, much as they value their relationship with the United States, and jordan and egypt are long standing allies of the United States, the two states in the region who were the first to make peace deals with israel, they are notjust concerned about this blazing fire in the israel gaza war. They are really worried about the growing firm meant on their streets. The palestinian president who was also supposed to meetjoe biden, came from the capital to amala where he faced protests, notjust against capital to amala where he faced protests, not just against the israeli air strike, what they saw was the israeli air strike against that the hospital, but the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. Their anger that the president was going to be meeting the american president. The region, it is not the arab leaders will have told joe biden that now is not the time. We know that there will be telephone conversations, and perhaps thatis telephone conversations, and perhaps that is what is needed. Joe biden will no doubt share what his assessment is by looking at the case that israel is presenting that this was not an israeli air strike. This was not an israeli air strike. This was then israeli misfire about islamicjihad. Misfire by Islamic Jihad. He knows this is going to be a tough conversation, but he will share his own views on what conclusions he has drawn or at least his understanding at least so far, because perhaps the picture is not completely clear, although israel says it has studied the evidence for five hours and made its case. But the case is also being made on the other side, the case is also being made on the otherside, in the case is also being made on the other side, in arab streets where the protests have been ignited and no doubt will not die out quickly. And just briefly, joe biden is iugghng and just briefly, joe biden is juggling so much on this visit as you have outlined there, standing as a strong ally beside israel but pressing israel about the terrible humanitarian situation in gaza and pressing israel to allow aid. Surely behind closed doors, he is also going to talk about american concerns about being dragged into what could be an escalating situation. Two us Aircraft Carriers being stationed here in the region. The us has said as a deterrent, but if the situation escalates, if as we were discussing earlier with a security correspondent, israel could face a war on several fronts, the us could feel under pressure to intervene, could it not . Jae could feel under pressure to intervene, could it not . Joe biden is a leader intervene, could it not . Joe biden is a leader who intervene, could it not . Joe biden is a leader who does intervene, could it not . Joe biden is a leader who does not intervene, could it not . Joe biden is a leader who does not want intervene, could it not . Joe biden is a leader who does not want to i intervene, could it not . Joe biden i is a leader who does not want to put american troops on the ground anywhere in the world, not in ukraine, we saw how quickly he got his troops out of afghanistan. Yes, those Aircraft Carriers were sent to the region, as you say, as a deterrent. Yes, those troops have actually been put on stand