NBC News quoted a senior American official as saying that the administration of US President Joe Biden is working on developing internal political options regarding officially recognizing the Palestinian state after the Israeli war on Gaza.

A senior American official told NBC News that the Biden administration is developing options to activate the two-state solution policy after the current Israeli war in Gaza, a step that could provide political, legal, and symbolic power to the Palestinians, and increase international pressure on Israel to engage in serious negotiations, from For long-term peace."

According to NBC News, “providing this recognition before any final comprehensive agreement between the two parties would represent a clear shift in Washington’s position, at a time when it is dealing with an issue of extraordinary sensitivity at home and abroad.”

Many veteran politicians confirm that as the death toll in Gaza continues to rise, American talk about a two-state solution is meaningless, especially as the United States continues to fund and arm Israel, and defend it in the face of any international criticism due to its military campaign, in which more than 27 thousans Palestinians were killed.

The Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, said in a telephone interview with NBC News: “The American announcement will not mean anything unless it is linked to three things: ending the Israeli occupation, removing settlements in the occupied West Bank, and agreeing on the form in which the borders of the Palestinian state will look like this.” He continued: "But what is happening in reality is that the United States is doing its utmost to encourage Israel in its aggression."

Ahmed Tibi, former advisor to the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, agrees with this opinion. He says: “President Biden can and should stop the war, prevent the war, but he is doing something else - he is supplying Israel with weapons in order to continue the war.” Tibi expressed doubts about whether the United States is actually seeking to recognize a Palestinian state. He added: "The Palestinians are watching what the United States is doing in Gaza."

Last Thursday, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told the Associated Press that his country could officially recognize the Palestinian state after the ceasefire in Gaza, and without waiting for the outcome of the years-long talks between the Israeli occupation and the Palestinians about the two-state solution.

Cameron made these statements during a visit he made Thursday to Lebanon with the aim of calming regional tensions. He said that the State of Palestine cannot be recognized as long as Hamas is present in Gaza, "but recognition can take place while Israel's negotiations with Palestinian leaders continue."

The British Foreign Secretary added that the United Kingdom's recognition of the independent State of Palestine, including at the United Nations, "cannot come at the beginning of the process, but it does not necessarily have to come at the end of the process."

"This may be something we look at when this process - when this progress toward a solution becomes more realistic," Cameron said. "What we need to do is give the Palestinian people a horizon toward a better future, a future in which they have a state of their own." He also stated that this possibility is "absolutely vital to long-term peace and security in the region."

Britain, the United States and other Western countries supported the idea of establishing an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel as a solution to the conflict, but said that "Palestine's independence must take place within the framework of a negotiated settlement." There have been no substantive negotiations since 2009.