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Joe Biden is not president of the United States, but he is already busy changing the foreign policy of his predecessor Donald Trump. On Tuesday it was the turn of the Palestinians.
In a speech to the United Nations, US Ambassador Richard Mills called on the United Nations to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and to support Palestinian refugees. He said the United States also wants to resume funding for UNRWA.
A positive step
It seems The first step is to renew relations between the United States and the Palestinians, but to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Mills stressed that “the United States will support a mutually agreed two-state solution: a solution in which Israel can live in peace and security with the Palestinian state.”
Palestinians are cautiously in favor of Washington’s new tone. “The Biden government has officially stated its position on the peace process and the two-state solution,” said Ahmed Majdalani, the Palestinian Authority’s social affairs minister. The New York Times. “We believe this is an important and positive step towards re-establishing mutual relations between Americans and Palestinians.”
Trump stopped giving money
During his presidency, Donald Trump tried in various ways to pressure the Palestinians to cooperate with the “peace plan” devised by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. For example, in 2018 Trump closed both the Palestinian mission office in Washington and the US consulate in East Jerusalem. In this way, diplomatic relations between the two countries were put into practice.
Also, Trump turned off tapping money. An average of $ 350 million (approximately 0 290 million) in US contributions to the UNRWA has been canceled. The United States made the largest donation to the aid agency at the time, and Trump’s abrupt decision put pressure on more than five million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. 16 165 million allocated for projects in Gaza and the West Bank has also been canceled.
Biden is loyal
But despite this twist in policy, Biden will not change all of Trump’s choices. For example, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed that his government would continue to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which was widely criticized by Trump at the time. Biden is expected to criticize Israel more than Trump, but the United States will remain a loyal ally for the time being.
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