Is the US still a Mideast mediator?

Weeks of unrest at the Israeli border with Hamas-controlled Gaza took an especially violent turn on Monday. At least 52 Palestinians were killed and 2,400 wounded in what Israel forces called “violent riots.”
The clashes at the border coincided with events in Jerusalem where the U.S. took its first steps toward opening an embassy there.
President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kushner, were on hand for the opening ceremony of what the BBC described as a