As President Joe Biden exited the White House residence Friday evening to head to Camp David for the weekend, he was holding a hardcover copy of a newly released book: “Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict.”
The book, written by William Ury and published last month, is described as a guide to “time-tested practices that will help readers unlock their power to constructively engage and transform conflict,” according to publisher Harper Collins. “[I]t is an essential guide for anyone looking to break through the toughest conflicts—in their workplace, family, community or the world.”
The publisher also says the author “draws on his nearly fifty years of experience and knowledge grappling with the world’s toughest conflicts to offer a way out of the seemingly impossible problems of our time.”
Biden is currently grappling with what is arguably one of the world’s toughest conflicts: the Israel-Hamas war. That was fully evident in the questions he received from reporters moments before he boarded Marine One, when he was asked more than once about the situation in Israel and Gaza, as well as the state of ceasefire-hostages negotiations. His assessment was mixed.
“I’m hoping so. We’re still working real hard at it, not there yet,” he said when asked by CNN whether a ceasefire deal could be reached by Ramadan.
Moments later, he told a different reporter when asked whether a hostage deal could be reached by Monday: “It’s not there yet. I think we’ll get there, but it’s not there yet. And it may not get there now.”
The president had said earlier in the week that he hoped there’d be a ceasefire in Gaza by Monday.
Biden is expected to spend much of the weekend preparing for his upcoming State of the…
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