United States: In the press, Biden defends a two-state solution for the future of Israel and Palestine
It's a rather rare statement in the American press. The Washington Post, one of the most widely read daily newspapers in the United States, published an op-ed by President Joe Biden on Saturday, November 18, devoted to the situation in Israel and Palestine, as well as in Ukraine. Titled "The United States Will Not Back Down in the Face of Putin and Hamas' Challenge," the US president, who reiterated that his country is opposed to a ceasefire as long as Hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, details his vision for the future of Israel and Palestine. And for him, only a reunification of Gaza and the West Bank can allow peaceful coexistence with Israel, i.e. a two-state solution.
"The United States will not back down in the face of the challenge of Putin and Hamas," Joe Biden (pictured) published an op-ed in the Washington Post on November 18. REUTERS - JONATHAN ERNST
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The Palestinian people deserve to have their own state and a future free from Hamas ». Joe Biden, in his op-ed published in the pages of the Washington Post, details his vision for a two-state future: "Gaza and the West Bank should be reunified under a single governance structure, eventually under a revitalized Palestinian Authority," he explains.
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A two-State solution is the only way to ensure the long-term security of the Israeli and Palestinian people " he said, adding that to achieve this, commitments from both sides, as well as the United States and its partners, will be necessary. This work must begin immediately, and will only be possible once the threat of Hamas has passed.
Justice
Joe Biden makes it clear that there can be no forced displacement of Palestinians, no reoccupation of Gaza, no siege or blockade and no reduction of territory. In the op-ed, the US president also threatens to ban extremist settlers who attack Palestinians in the West Bank from obtaining visas, calling for justice to be done against those responsible for violence against civilians.
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