Posted on 11/08/2023 1:00:57 PM PST by Olog-hai
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Wednesday for a united and Palestinian-led government for Gaza and the West Bank after the war ends, as a step toward Palestinian statehood. That vision sharpens U.S. differences with ally Israel on what the future should look like for the Palestinian territories once Israel’s military campaign against Hamas winds down.
Blinken’s outline of what Americans think should come next for Gaza also serves as a check on the postwar scenarios floated by officials of Israel’s hard-right government and its supporters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement Monday that Israel’s military would likely maintain security control of Gaza for an “indefinite period” appears to have heightened U.S. concerns.
Any postwar governing plan for Gaza “must include Palestinian-led governance and Gaza unified with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority,” Blinken told reporters in Japan. […]
Blinken reinforced the Biden administration’s rejections of any return of lasting direct Israeli control in Gaza, as well as of a proposal — promoted in a policy report by Israel’s intelligence ministry — to push Gaza’s Palestinian residents into neighboring Egypt.
“We’re very clear on no reoccupation, just as we’re very clear on no displacement of the Palestinian population,” Blinken said. “And, as we’ve said before, we need to see and get to, in effect, unity of governance when it comes to Gaza and the West Bank, and ultimately to a Palestinian state.” …
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Both the PA and Hamas have the same negotiating position: Israel has no right to e its. They only differ as to the means, timing and who gets the money. How TF is Israel supposed to deal with ANY of these 7th Century savages?
Well, we know where to find the worm now.
He wants to reward the terrorists while they still have hostages and are still firing rockets.
When Arafat and later Abbas proposed a “2 state solution” the Palestinians threatened to kill them for not destroying Israel.
UNITED WITH WHOM?????????
usually one waits until a war is won before such talks in public. as for Blinken and JoeyBoy dictating terms to Israel, Israel is not the 51st state. Israel will make these decisions.
(Secretary of State Antony Blinken)
Can he just shut up for awhile?
What an idiot.
March them into the see....is the real slogan, ask the Armenians about the Turks.
Hamas in both chunks.
Wonderful!
That was a century ago.
Old wounds have healed by now.
Yes Jerusalem, the status of which was shunted down the road when Clowntoon thought he had a deal with rubber lips and the Israeli PM. A burdemstone indeed. And if Uncle Sam is stupid enough to try and hand part of it to the Arabs, then crushed by the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob they will be.
The Brandon Regime: Hamas kills and tortures thousands of civilians and they are rewarded with their own State !
That’s a big sin indeed.
misunderstanding - the Southern Syrians, aka “Palestinians” are the majority, but the ruling Hasimites don’t want more, but nonetheless, Jordan is a “Palestinian” state by population.
There never was a state of Palestine - its all made up. The original 1948 division had 3 areas: Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip - no Palestine.
Correct me if I am wrong. Didn’t they have type of setup before Hamas.
So if I am right, does two wrongs make a right?
My feelings for this is Israel needs to do what it takes to protect her citizens and tell Blinky to go piss up a rope. The current leadership cannot even secure our borders and it is preaching to Israel how to manage its.
Biden wants to bring them here
“Temporarily”
Yeah, right...
Hey Blinken.
It’s Judea and Samaria.
Get your finger out of God’s eye...or catch a big Biblical WOE!
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
NO. Gaza should be handed to UAE to administer, with at least 1/4 of the population deported back to Jordan/Egypt, and the rest allowed work permits as UAE visa holders for the many construction and service jobs required for UAE to turn Gaza into a Mediterranean Dubai.
Idiots gonna idiot!
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