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US President Joe Biden lands in the Middle East on Wednesday for a trip that will see Israeli leaders urge tougher action against Iran, before travelling to Saudi Arabia on Friday. The trips from a part of Biden’s first tour of the Middle East as the US president. The 79-year-old leader’s visit to Jeddah will be the focus of the tour, after Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi journalist and US resident Jamal Khashoggi. Air Force One — which has left the United States and is expected to land at 1230 GMT in Tel Aviv — will also make an unprecedented di…