Joe Biden
Even if there are little prospects for a peace process with Israel, US President Joe Biden stated during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Friday that Palestinians need to see a route to statehood.
Prior to a flight to Saudi Arabia, whose officials on Friday amended aviation regulations in what appeared to be a gesture of openness towards Israel, Biden paid a visit to Bethlehem. By declaring it will ease restrictions on “all carriers,” Riyadh opened its airspace to Israeli aircraft, a move Biden hailed as “historic”.
The president’s trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will come after meetings with Abbas, the most recent high-level diplomatic encounter following the one with the Israeli government on Thursday.
In order to put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Biden reaffirmed his administration’s support for a two-state solution, stating there “must be a political horizon that the Palestinian people can truly see.”
The Palestinian president declared he was “taking initiatives” to strengthen bilateral ties and wanted to see Trump establish the US consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem once more.
