US President Joe Biden, who is visiting the Middle East, met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and announced support of more than $ 300 million, and the United States and Palestine were deteriorated by the extremely Israeli-friendly policies of the pre-Trump administration. He expressed his intention to improve the relationship with.
President Biden visited Bethlehem on the west bank of the Jordan River on the 15th and met with Chairman Abbas of the Palestinian Authority.
Among them, President Biden provided a total of more than $ 300 million, including
assistance to UN agencies that support Palestinian refugees and
improvement of the communication environment of mobile phones on the Palestinian side, which remains 2G and 3G. Was announced.
President Biden said in a post-meeting meeting about Israel and Palestine that "my determination to resolve the coexistence of the two nations remains the same," and worsened by the extremely Israeli-friendly policies of the pre-Trump administration. He expressed his intention to improve the relationship between the United States and Palestine.
"I hope your administration will end Israel's occupation policy that ruins the two-state solution and discriminatory actions against Palestinians," Abbas said. I did.
President Biden has often expressed his support for the "two-state solution" between Israel and Palestine during this visit, but Israel continues to settle in the occupied territories in violation of international law, and the United States There is no prospect that peace talks will be resumed through mediation.
President Biden's unusual visit to East Jerusalem
President Biden of the United States visited East Jerusalem under Israeli occupation prior to the meeting with Chairman Abbas on the 15th, and announced financial support measures for private Palestinian hospitals.
East Jerusalem, where the Palestinians live, unilaterally merged after Israel's occupation in 1967, claiming to be "the eternally inseparable capital of Israel," while the Palestinian side is also the capital of the future nation. It is positioned.
President Biden is visiting the site without the accompanying Israeli government officials, and it is unusual for the President of the United States to visit East Jerusalem in this way.
Also, until the day before, President Byden's private vehicle heading for a meeting with Israeli government officials had the American and Israeli flags on it, but the vehicle heading to East Jerusalem only had the American flag on it, Palestine. It seems to indicate consideration for the side.
There have been voices of opposition from the right and far right in Israel to President Biden's visit to East Jerusalem.