The president of the United States defended this Saturday that the two-state solution to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine is now “more necessary than ever,” with the new war in Gaza unleashed after the Hamas attack.
In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, Joe Biden writes that Gaza and the West Bank must remain in the hands of the Palestinian National Authority, once Israel has managed to defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“The two-state solution is the only way to ensure the long-term security of both the Israeli and Palestinian people. While it may seem like a remote possibility now, this crisis has made it more necessary than ever,” he said.
In Biden’s opinion, to achieve a two-state solution, living together in equal conditions of “freedom and dignity”, the commitment of Israelis and Palestinians, as well as the United States and its allies, is necessary.
“This work must begin now,” he argued.
The democratic leader once again distanced himself from the plan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who raised the possibility of taking control of the Gaza Strip indefinitely.
For Biden, there should be no “forced displacement” of Palestinians from Gaza, nor “reoccupation, siege, blockade or reduction of territory” of the Strip by Israel.
For the White House, Gaza and the West Bank “must be united under a single government structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian National Authority.”
The US president recalled that he warned Israeli authorities that “extremist violence” by settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank must stop and threatened to impose sanctions against those responsible for the attacks.
Biden also called on the international community to establish “a reconstruction mechanism” in Gaza until the end of the war and ensure that “terrorist threats never arise again” in the Palestinian territories.
“If we agree on these first steps and take them together, we can begin to imagine a different future,” he highlighted.
Joe Biden’s administration expressed its unwavering support for Israel in the war that began on October 7, when members of the armed wing of Hamas, an organization considered terrorist by the European Union and the United States, infiltrated Israeli territory, killing 1,200 people. and kidnapping more. of 240.
Since then, the Israeli army has attacked the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamists of Hamas, by land, sea and air, causing more than 11,300 deaths and thousands of internally displaced people.
In the article, Biden said he was “devastated” by the loss of Palestinian civilian life, but again opposed a ceasefire because he believes Hamas would use it to “rebuild its arsenal” and prepare new attacks on Israel.
Source: TSF
