PALESTINE
Tue 03 Oct 2023 1:51 pm - Jerusalem Time
Washington confirms its commitment to the two-state solution
The official spokesman for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, said that the administration of US President Joe Biden is committed to a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Miller said in his response to a question directed to him by Al-Quds.com correspondent, in his press conference at the US State Department, regarding whether the US administration, which continues to assert that “Ukraine has inspired the world in the fight against the illegal military occupation,” and whether the administration “The US believes that the Palestinians should be very inspired to fight the illegal occupation with the same kind of force and the same commitment,” as well as rely on an unlimited commitment to support from the United States and the rest of the world. “We are deeply committed to the two-state solution, as we have spoken many times.”
Miller added: "We are certainly taking steps that will improve the dignity and economic status of the Palestinian people, as well as reach a final two-state solution."
Miller's statements coincided with a call by the former US ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, in a joint article with Zeid Raad Al Hussein, the former Jordanian ambassador to the United Nations, published by Foreign Affairs magazine (published on October 2, 2023),
Calling on US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who are now holding talks about the possible full normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, to condition any agreement on completely thwarting the ambitions of Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich in the occupied West Bank.
The two former diplomats say: “This could be achieved by insisting that in exchange for establishing official relations with Saudi Arabia, Israel must transfer a large proportion of the remaining territory controlled by Israel in the West Bank (known as Area C) to the Palestinian Authority and freeze all expansion, halting all efforts to legitimize illegal outposts, and such formal commitments would effectively thwart the extremist push for annexation.But if the United States brokers a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia and fails to stop Smotrich, it will give the Israeli right a green light to achieve "His extreme plan."
In a related issue, regarding the position of President Biden’s administration on forcing the occupation authorities to a Palestinian family to demolish two of its residential apartments in the Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, Miller said in his response to the question of the Al-Quds.com correspondent: “It is of utmost importance, as we said in the issue of "It is appropriate for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to refrain from taking unilateral steps that would exacerbate tensions and undermine efforts to advance a negotiated two-state solution. This certainly includes forced demolitions and the eviction of families from the homes they have lived in for generations."
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Washington confirms its commitment to the two-state solution