‘There must be a political horizon’ for Palestinians, says Biden

(Bethlehem) “There must be a political horizon for the Palestinian people,” US President Joe Biden acknowledged on Friday, despite the fact that, according to him, the conditions were not met at this stage to relaunch the Israeli-Israeli peace talks. Palestinians.

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During a joint press briefing with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Mr Biden called for not “giving up” on the idea of ​​an Israeli-Palestinian peace and argued for an “independent” Palestinian state with a “territorial continuity”, alongside Israel.

Mr Biden also pleaded for “full” light to be shed on the death of American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed last May while covering an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank.


PHOTO IMAD CREIDI, REUTERS

Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in an Israeli raid in Jenin, West Bank, on May 11.

At a press conference, the American president paid tribute to the “vital work” of the great reporter of the Qatar channel Al Jazeera.

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