U.S. President Joe Biden, visiting the West Bank on Friday, restated his continued support for 'two states for two peoples' but acknowledged that the 'ground is not ripe' for reviving stalled talks aimed at achieving an elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
U.S. President Joe Biden, visiting the West Bank on Friday, restated his continued support for "two states for two peoples" but acknowledged that the "ground is not ripe" for reviving stalled talks aimed at achieving an elusive peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Abbas, in his own remarks, said "the key to peace" in the region "begins with ending the Israeli occupation of our land." He said Israel "cannot continue to act as a state above law" and said the killers of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh "need to be held accountable." Palestinian journalists wore black T-shirts with Abu Akleh's picture and placed a poster of her on an empty chair in the room where the leaders spoke.
After Biden finished speaking, a woman who identified herself as a pediatric nurse at another healthcare facility thanked him for the financial assistance but said "we need more justice, more dignity." Meanwhile, the 86-year-old Abbas, whose Palestinian Authority administers parts of the occupied West Bank and cooperates with Israel on security, is more representative of the status quo than Palestinian aspirations.
Hours before Biden was set to become the first U.S. leader to fly directly from Israel to the kingdom, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation announced it had opened the kingdom's airspace to all air carriers that meet the authority's requirements for overflights. "The idea of shared values actually makes me sick to my stomach," said Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer and political analyst. "I don't think Israeli values are anything that people should be striving towards."
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