Palestinian Americans respond with dismay to President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, as well as his embrace of the failed policies of the past. “Through many meetings with our American administration officials we have come to the conclusion that President Biden’s policies regarding Palestinian issues resemble the destructive policies of Trump,” writes Terry Ahwal.
Joe Biden’s chilling statements to an Israeli TV interviewer, including that he is prepared to use military force against Iran, present a grim outlook for reviving the Iran deal.
Joe Biden met with Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday to announce “confidence-building measures” in an attempt to boost the standing of the Palestinian Authority, but Palestinians are skeptical that the moves will have any meaningful impact. “Biden represents a continuity of Trump’s policies, especially on Jerusalem,” Jalal Abu Khater, a Palestinian writer and analyst from Jerusalem, tells Mondoweiss.
A joint strategic partnership signed by Joe Biden and Yair Lapid promises to combat the BDS movement.
Joe Biden is making his first presidential trip to the Middle East this week, with stops in Saudi Arabia and Israel (with only a quick visit to the occupied West Bank). The usual clouds hover and, in the case of Israel, the biggest is definitely Shireen Abu Akleh.
From July 13 to 16, President Joe Biden will visit the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia, deepening his complicity in their human rights abuses. As Black and Palestinian organizers in the U.S. who visited Palestine last week, we see President Biden’s widely criticized trip for what it is: a war crimes tour. If Biden cares about human rights at all, he should #CancelTheTrip—as thousands of grassroots activists have demanded—and stop funding the weapons behind their war crimes.
Joe Biden’s upcoming trip to Israel and the West Bank is an opportunity to pave a new U.S. approach, much like Robert Kennedy did 56 years ago when he visited Apartheid South Africa.
Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia will attempt to sweep Shireen Abu Akleh and Jamal Khashoggi under the rug.
In a very on-brand move from the Biden administration, the State Department put out a statement on the Shireen Abu Akleh investigation that somehow managed to anger nearly everyone.
Following the US investigation into Abu Akleh’s killing, which was ruled “inconclusive”, her family are still urging for an open independent investigation by the US, UN, and the ICC.