Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Tuesday announced the old and failed traditional policy of pursuing Palestinian statehood ahead of other peace deals between Israel and Arab states. was jointly revived.
This policy was infamously adopted in 2016 by then-Secretary of State John Kerry, who was adamant that there could be no “separate peace between Israel and the Arab world” before going through the Palestinians first. argued as.
John Kerry, 2016: “There is no separate peace between Israel and the Arab world. I want to make that clear to you.” pic.twitter.com/qsNO7CVhxQ
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 23, 2020
President Donald Trump proved the opposite in 2020, launching the Abraham Accords between Israel and several Sunni Arab countries. The agreements were quickly enacted after he denied the Palestinians a veto over other peace deals.
President Joe Biden and his advisers have returned to their old ways, as if the four years of peace and tranquility under the Trump administration were never there.
Blinken and Van Hollen, fierce critics of Israel, repeated an old and failed mantra during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing.
Mr. Van Hollen: …It is in our national security interest to bring a lasting end to the Gaza conflict, and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And only by normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia and other countries, and by ensuring a clear plan (I think you said it was a time-bound plan) for the establishment of a Palestinian state, can security and self-determination be achieved for Israelis and Palestinians. Dignity and justice can be achieved. Is my statement fair?
BLINKEN: That’s right.
VAN HOLEN: You agree that it’s impossible to get a safe and just end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without ignoring the rights of the Palestinian people, correct?
Blinken: Absolutely not. It’s impossible, it’s self-defeating.
VAN HOLEN: I want to emphasize that point, because, Secretary, you’ve been around Washington for a long time, because it’s fashionable in some foreign policy circles to believe that you can do it, that you can somehow achieve peace and stability and security by jumping over the Palestinian issue. So I want to emphasize this, because you said that Saudi Arabia is advocating a clear path to a Palestinian state…
Far from being “impossible,” Trump did it. against What is a “fad” in the foreign policy world? Furthermore, Saudi Arabia does not claim a Palestinian state – at least not universally. The foreign minister claims this, but Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman does not.
Notably, since Biden took office in 2021 and made Palestinian restoration a top priority, not a single Arab country has joined the Abraham Accords.
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