Israel-Palestine flare-up has caught Biden administration unprepared

Analysis: The White House is playing for time and needs to decide quickly how to deal with Trump's legacy of unwavering support for Netanyahu

• Israel-Gaza violence: death toll rises to 38 as UN envoy warns over escalation

Joe Biden came into office thinking he could put the Israel-Palestine issue on the back burner to focus on other, bigger, issues. That is not working out well.

The upsurge in violence has caught the new administration on the back foot, under-staffed and without a clearly defined approach.