On Monday, the United States renewed its continued commitment to the principle of the two-state solution, and its opposition to policies that endanger it, stressing at the same time its commitment to "Israel's security."

This came in a statement by the US State Department, following a phone call between Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, in which Blinken congratulated Cohen on his assumption of his new position.

The US Secretary of State had pledged to continue opposing Israeli settlements or annexing lands in the occupied West Bank, but stressed that he would judge the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu by its actions and not by its far-right members.

"We will continue to unequivocally oppose any actions that undermine prospects for a two-state solution, including but not limited to settlement expansion or moves to towards annexing lands in the West Bank or changing the historical status quo of holy sites, demolitions and evictions, and incitement to violence.”

And last July, during his meeting with his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, US President Joe Biden affirmed, "His commitment as president of the United States has not changed with the aim of achieving the two-state solution, a solution that includes the existence of an independent, sovereign, and geographically contiguous Palestine."

He added, "The goal of a two-state solution may seem far-fetched due to the restrictions imposed on the Palestinians, and the Palestinian people feel sad."

Biden continued, "Despair and despair cannot shape our future, even if the ground is not ready to breathe life into the negotiations. We are trying to build momentum to breathe life into the peace path, and we must put an end to the violence."