Biden: “The Palestinian people have an independent state”

“The Palestinian people have an independent state”: said Joe Biden at the end of the meeting with Abu Mazen in Bethlehem. “My commitment to the Two-State Solution along the lines of 1967 – he added – has not changed.”
Before that, the US president had emphasized that “it is a great honor for me to be here again. We must not forget that hatred is never defeated but only hides itself ». At the end of his visit Biden on Yad Vashem’s book of honor at the end of his visit stressed: «We must teach future generations that this – he added – can happen again. This is what I teach my children and my grandchildren: never forget ». Abu Mazen pointed out that “Israel must be prevented from feeling above international law”.
The case of the murdered journalist
The US president and the president of the Palestinian National Authority Abu Mazen spoke at a press conference and while waiting for the two to speak, the journalists left an empty chair for the killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Mazen spoke on the case: “We ask that those responsible for her death be brought to justice.” Akleh, who worked for Al Jazeera, was shot dead in the West Bank during an Israeli army raid on Jenin in May. The Palestinians accused Israel of killing her. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said earlier this week that he spoke with Abu Akleh’s family and invited them to Washington.