Tel Aviv: US President Joe Biden visited Israel as an old friend of decades of friendship. The plane landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport as part of a visit to West Asia.
Biden said that the relationship between the two countries is very deep and the path ahead for Israelis and Palestinians is a two-state solution. However, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid also responded that Biden is a great Zionist and one of the best friends Israel has ever seen.
Biden, who will stay in Jerusalem for two days, will talk with Israeli leaders and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. After that we will travel to Jeddah. This is Biden’s first trip to West Asia after becoming president. At the same time, Palestinians are furious as US President Joe Biden arrives in Tel Aviv for a two-day visit, pledging firm support for Israel after Trump. The accusation is that Biden is coming to get closer to Israel at the risk of their freedom and pride.
They say the increase in illegal Jewish immigration and the killing of Palestinians after Biden took office in the US is proof of this. Biden is visiting occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, where he will meet Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
The family of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akhila, who was brutally murdered by Israeli forces, sent a letter seeking permission to meet the president, but there has been no response. The family says they refused because they thought it would provoke Israel. The US fully recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel under former President Trump. The US Embassy in Tel Aviv was moved to Jerusalem.
Trump also gave the green light to Israel’s claim to the Julan Heights. Israel has further cemented ties with the closure of the Palestinian representative office in Washington and the downsizing of the US consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem. The Palestinians also say that Biden will come regardless of his position.