Biden: Palestinian Authority Should Govern Both Gaza & West Bank

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(The Guardian) Joe Biden: Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza and West Bank
In a new op-ed in the Washington Post on Saturday, US president Joe Biden said that the Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza and the West Bank following the war between Israel and Hamas.

Biden writes: As we strive for peace, Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian Authority, as we all work toward a two-state solution.

Biden also said that a two-state solution is “the only way to ensure the long-term security of both the Israeli and the Palestinian people,” adding that Gaza “must never again be used as a platform for terrorism.”

He also said: There must be no forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, no reoccupation, no seige or blockage, and no reduction in territory… After this war is over, the voices of Palestinian people and their aspirations must be at the center of post-crisis governance in Gaza.

Biden’s words come in stark contrast with language used by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who last week told CNN that “there has to be a reconstructed civilian authority” in Gaza after the war with “an overriding and overreaching Israeli military envelope.”

Netanyahu appeared to reject the idea of the Palestinian Authority governing Gaza, saying: A civilian authority has to cooperate in two goals – one is to demilitarize Gaza and the second is to deradicalize Gaza. I have to say, the Palestinian Authority has unfortunately failed on both counts.

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In Joe Biden’s Washington Post op-ed, the US president also said that “extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop.”

“Those committing the violence must be held accountable,” said Biden, adding, “The United States is prepared to take our own steps, including issuing visa bans against extremists attacking civilians in the West Bank.”

Since October 7, there has been a surge in Israeli settler violence against Palestinians living in the West Bank.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli settler violence has increased “significantly, from an already high average of three incidents per day thus far in 2023 to a current average of seven per day.”

Israeli settler violence against Palestinians include threatening – and at times killing – Palestinians using guns, home demolitions, as well as livestock theft.

 

[DrLeftover]

Where is the outrage at the sudden surge in hate against Jews world wide, and especially on American college campuses?

If it is OK to hate one group, Jews, based on heredity or religious choice, or whatever, it MUST be OK to hate some other group. Say, based on another set of genes, or from another part of the world, or those that have a different language, or maybe make a different choice as to who they go out with on Friday night.

Right?

 

[Webster]

Where is the outrage at the sudden surge in hate against Jews world wide, and especially on American college campuses?

If it is OK to hate one group, Jews, based on heredity or religious choice, or whatever, it MUST be OK to hate some other group. Say, based on another set of genes, or from another part of the world, or those that have a different language, or maybe make a different choice as to who they go out with on Friday night.

Right?

To answer the latter question, its wrong to hate others based on ethnicity, religion, gender/sex, nationality, etc. Its' just wrong; that should be obvious to everyone.
To answer the former, that's been going on since the first Israelites crossed the River Jordan into the Promised Land following the Exodus from Egypt.

 

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To answer the latter question, its wrong to hate others based on ethnicity, religion, gender/sex, nationality, etc. Its' just wrong; that should be obvious to everyone.
To answer the former, that's been going on since the first Israelites crossed the River Jordan into the Promised Land following the Exodus from Egypt.

Indeed racism is always plain wrong. Just because Israel is discriminating against Palestinians, it’s unfair generalise to say all Jews are bad just because most Israelis are Jews.