US Senator: History will judge Biden harshly on Gaza

According to RCO News Agency, US Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen emphasized in a note: “Nothing will fuel his foreign policy legacy as much as Joe Biden’s failed policies in the field of West Asia.” His ineffective approach, which was accompanied by the victory of “Donald Trump” in the US elections, has now paved the way for an unprecedented disruption of our efforts to ensure a “2-state” solution and address the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

Van Hollen’s note, published in the Washington Post newspaper, states: “President Biden still has a chance to make up for the mistakes he made before and after the Gaza war if he takes swift and decisive action.”

Biden’s failure in the Tel Aviv-Palestine issue

This American senator wrote: “In his 2020 election campaign, Biden promised to return America to a value-oriented foreign policy that emphasizes the right to self-determination for all people, including the pursuit of the establishment of a Palestinian state, and taking equal measures to ensure security and dignity 2 party according to it is possible. He also pledged to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians, which was closed during the Trump administration. Another of his promises was to deal with the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, which creates more instability and diminishes the prospect of realizing the 2-state solution.

According to this American senator, Biden “couldn’t take any purposeful action to implement these commitments during his service” and his government even at a time when the Zionist-Palestinian conflict reached a boiling point and then led to the October 7 operation by Hamas against the occupied territories. Shed, claimed that the West Asian region had “destroyed such peace for decades.”

“Although the president’s action to travel to Israel to embrace its people at a time of such turmoil and affirm Israel’s inalienable right to defend itself and end the threat of Hamas was the right thing to do, he failed to take effective steps to apply American leadership to “The aim is to achieve its declared goals, which was to end the war, release the prisoners and implement the “The Next Day” program in order to create a path forward to establish lasting peace in the region.”

The author believes: “Netanyahu’s cabinet has repeatedly accepted President Biden’s requests, including increasing humanitarian aid to starving Palestinian civilians, stronger measures to reduce civilian casualties, stopping illegal settlement activities in the West Bank, a targeted commitment to establishing a ceasefire and returning prisoners.” And a plan for “the next day” has been ignored. “The combination of Netanyahu’s recklessness with Biden’s blank checks for bombs and other offensive weapons shows the president’s failure to use our leverage and influence to ensure that our taxpayer dollars are spent in accordance with our interests and values.”

Compensation for failed policies in the remaining period

It continues: “Now, with Trump back in the White House, Netanyahu’s cabinet will become bolder to achieve its ambitious goal of a ‘greater Israel’, denying the Palestinian people access to their lands and opening the door to a solution. 2 government closes. President Biden has little time to act. But even at this point, it’s important that he does something, even with the possibility of Trump changing course. The United States must send a strong message to the people of Israel, the Palestinians and the world that it will not remain silent in the face of the Netanyahu cabinet’s failure to establish peace in the West Asian region and ignore the main roots of the conflict, which is the need for security and the right to self-determination of the Israelis and Palestinians. “

The note continued: “President Biden should immediately take action against the far-right members of Netanyahu’s cabinet, including “Itamar Ben Gower” and “Betzleil Smotrich”, who supported the expansion of settlements in the West Bank and caused violence in the situation. to do “America should draw a red line not only verbally, but also in practice to prevent the continuation of settlements.”

This American senator stated: “According to human rights organizations, Netanyahu’s cabinet has arbitrarily limited essential humanitarian aid to Gaza civilians and, in addition, its use of American weapons has been in violation of international human rights law.” This should lead to an interruption in US military aid, a consequence that Netanyahu’s cabinet will have to face until it adheres to these rules.”

“In addition to these measures, the Biden government should ban the import of any goods from settlements in the occupied territories,” Holen said. It should also continue to support UNRWA and encourage our allies to support its actions, especially in light of the Knesset’s recent vote to ban the organization’s activities.”

In the final part of his note, this American senator wrote: “Finally and most importantly, the Biden administration must accept the state of Palestine according to the conditions set by the United States.” These conditions should include the dismantling of the financial system of Faslatin self-governing organizations for “paying prisoners”. All these actions should be done quickly, because the Palestinian Authority has prepared a draft law in this regard, while according to American law, direct financial support to the Palestinian Authority is prohibited until this financial system is in place. This action will be an important step in the recognition of government solution 2 and a model for other countries.”

According to Holen, if the United States does not take a decisive position, they will be condemned to be stuck in the quagmire of this conflict for several generations.

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