WILMINGTON, Del. – President Joe Biden says that reaching a cease-fire amid Israel’s struggle with Hamas “is not peace” and that the most important key to lasting steadiness is a reunited Gaza Strip and West Bank that may be ruled beneath “a revitalized Palestinian Authority.”
In an op-ed published Saturday in the Washington Post, Biden reiterated his place of latest weeks {that a} transient halt to the preventing wasn’t an actual risk and would not in the long run advance larger U.S. goals. The president and most sensible U.S. officers have instead revived talk of working toward a two-state solution for the governance of Gaza.
Biden used the op-ed to supply extra main points on what the strategy of running towards that better objective may appear to be.
“As we strive for peace, Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian Authority, as we all work toward a two-state solution,” Biden wrote. “I have been emphatic with Israel’s leaders that extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop, and that those committing the violence must be held accountable.”
He added, “The United States is prepared to take our own steps, including issuing visa bans against extremists attacking civilians in the West Bank.”
The U.S. is offering guns and intelligence make stronger to Israel because it mounts an offensive into Gaza with the objective of rooting out Hamas following its Oct. 7 attack, which killed greater than 1,200 other people. Biden has spoken again and again with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and says he’s running for the unencumber of Hamas-held hostages, together with some Americans.
At least 11,400 Palestinians had been killed since the struggle started, consistent with the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza, which does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths.
Demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza have staged protests round the nation, together with clashing this week with police outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Former marketing campaign staffers who helped elect Biden in 2020, in addition to present individuals of his management, have signed letters urging a cease-fire. In the op-ed, Biden defined why he opposes the concept.
“As long as Hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a cease-fire is not peace,” he wrote. “To Hamas’ members, every cease-fire is time they exploit to rebuild their stockpile of rockets, reposition fighters and restart the killing by attacking innocents again.”
Biden additionally famous that “an outcome that leaves Hamas in control of Gaza would once more perpetuate its hate and deny Palestinian civilians the chance to build something better for themselves.”
The president additional argued that running to reach longer-range objectives that may upward thrust above the present unrest would in the long run make the United States extra protected.
“We must never forget the lesson learned time and again throughout our history: Out of great tragedy and upheaval, enormous progress can come,” he wrote. “More hope. More freedom. Less rage. Less grievance. Less war. We must not lose our resolve to pursue those goals, because now is when clear vision, big ideas and political courage are needed most.”