US President Joe Biden has again spoken out in favor of the so-called two-state solution in the Middle East conflict and outlined how he envisions the time after the end of the Gaza war. In an op-ed published Saturday in the Washington Post, he also raised sanctions against extremist settlers in the West Bank. The Democrat again criticized “the extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.”
He emphasized that he has strongly advocated with Israel’s leaders that those who perpetrated this violence must be held accountable. “The United States stands ready to take its own measures, including imposing travel bans on extremists who attack civilians in the West Bank,” he warned.
The Democrat explicitly did not use the word settler.
Future without Hamas
In the long article, Biden laid out what he believes the future in the region should look like – and how the path towards it should be shaped. “This much is clear: a two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the long-term security of both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples,” Biden wrote.
Biden emphasized that the Palestinian people deserve their own state and a future free from the Islamist Hamas. “The images from the Gaza Strip and the deaths of thousands of civilians, including children, also break my heart.” Now the goal must be to end the war forever and break the cycle of violence. ‘Something stronger’ needs to be built in the Middle East so that history does not continue to repeat itself. The Gaza Strip must “never again be used as a platform for terrorism,” Biden said.
No violent eviction
The Democrat also made it clear again: “There should be no violent expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, no reoccupation, no siege or blockade and no reduction in the size of the territory.”
After this war is over, the voices of the Palestinian people must be heard. Therefore, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank must be reunited under a “unified governance structure” under a revived Palestinian Authority. At the same time, we must work towards a two-state solution.
The 80-year-old also wrote that the US continues to stand by Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia. “Both (Kremlin leader Vladimir) Putin and Hamas are fighting to wipe out a neighboring democracy.” America cannot and will not allow this.
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