[[{"content_id":351456,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Biden restores aid to Palestinians, reversing Trump move to scrap US contributions","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"New administration urges Israel and Palestinians to avoid unilateral steps like annexation of territory.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that the US will restore aid to the Palestinians as part of a UN programme and re-open its diplomatic mission, reversing key foreign policies of the Trump administration, reported by The Independent.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe US’s acting ambassador to the UN, Richard Mills, said that the Biden administration will restore credible US engagement with Palestinians as well as Israelis, including “renewing US relations with the Palestinian leadership and Palestinian people, relations which have atrophied over the last four years”.  \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHis remarks outlining the US’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict comes within 10 days of the new president taking over. The position is in contrast to Donald Trump’s policy towards the region, which had been seen as favouring the Israeli government.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMr Mills noted that President Biden has been “clear in his intent to restore US assistance programmes that support economic development and humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people and to take steps to re-open diplomatic missions that were closed by the last US administration”.  \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe emphasised, during his remarks at a UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East, that these steps are not a “favour to the Palestinian leadership”.  \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“US assistance benefits millions of ordinary Palestinians and helps to preserve a stable environment that benefits both Palestinians and Israelis,” Mr Mills said.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe said the US will maintain “its steadfast support for Israel” and that they will support a “mutually agreed two-state solution, one in which Israel lives in peace and security alongside a viable.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“This vision, though under serious stress, remains the best way to ensure Israel’s future as a democratic and Jewish state while upholding the Palestinian people’s legitimate aspirations for a state of their own and to live with dignity and security,” said Mr Mills.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe also urged Israel and the Palestinian authority to “avoid unilateral steps that make a two-state solution more difficult, such as annexation of territory, settlement activity, demolitions, incitement to violence, and providing compensation for individuals imprisoned for acts of terrorism”.","content_html":"

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that the US will restore aid to the Palestinians as part of a UN programme and re-open its diplomatic mission, reversing key foreign policies of the Trump administration, reported by The Independent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The US’s acting ambassador to the UN, Richard Mills, said that the Biden administration will restore credible US engagement with Palestinians as well as Israelis, including “renewing US relations with the Palestinian leadership and Palestinian people, relations which have atrophied over the last four years”.  <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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His remarks outlining the US’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict comes within 10 days of the new president taking over. The position is in contrast to Donald Trump’s policy towards the region, which had been seen as favouring the Israeli government.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Mr Mills noted that President Biden has been “clear in his intent to restore US assistance programmes that support economic development and humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people and to take steps to re-open diplomatic missions that were closed by the last US administration”.  <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He emphasised, during his remarks at a UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East, that these steps are not a “favour to the Palestinian leadership”.  <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“US assistance benefits millions of ordinary Palestinians and helps to preserve a stable environment that benefits both Palestinians and Israelis,” Mr Mills said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He said the US will maintain “its steadfast support for Israel” and that they will support a “mutually agreed two-state solution, one in which Israel lives in peace and security alongside a viable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“This vision, though under serious stress, remains the best way to ensure Israel’s future as a democratic and Jewish state while upholding the Palestinian people’s legitimate aspirations for a state of their own and to live with dignity and security,” said Mr Mills.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He also urged Israel and the Palestinian authority to “avoid unilateral steps that make a two-state solution more difficult, such as annexation of territory, settlement activity, demolitions, incitement to violence, and providing compensation for individuals imprisoned for acts of terrorism”.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2021-01-27 13:12:56","content_date_event":"2021-01-27 13:12:56","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2021-01-27 13:16:54","content_date_register":"2021-01-27 13:16:54","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":44,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Biden restores aid to Palestinians, reversing Trump move to scrap US contributions 2","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202101\/484633_2725053060_150_100.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202101\/484633_2725053060_300_199.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202101\/484633_2725053060_400_265.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202101\/484633_2725053060_600_398.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202101\/484633_2725053060_900_597.webp","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202101\/484633_2725053060_1200_796.webp"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":2725053060,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202101\/484633_2725053060.jpg","width":3000,"height":1991,"size":0}}}]}]]