New York Times: America will soon recognize the state of Palestine

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the New York Times quoted anonymous sources as claiming that Joe Biden’s government may soon recognize the independent state of Palestine.

New York Times despite writing that the plan will stipulate that the borders and other details related to the formation of the Palestinian state should be determined in the future. According to this claim, one of America’s methods to advance this plan is through the introduction of a resolution in the UN Security Council, which at least will not be vetoed by Washington. What this newspaper claims has been called “destabilization in relations between America and Israel”. In the four months that have passed since the war in Gaza, America has been the main supporter of Israel and has prevented the end of this war in various ways, including by sending weapons and preventing the adoption of UN resolutions.

Last week, the Axios website quoted two American officials as reporting that Anthony Blinken ordered the ministry under his command to review the necessary studies on the recognition of the Palestinian state at the international level and to present him with options.

However, Axios wrote that if the US government decides to recognize the independent state of Palestine, it will do so after the end of the Gaza war.

American officials in the interview with Axios emphasized that there has been no change in Washington’s policies, but the American media wrote that even the investigation of this issue at the level of the US State Department shows a change in the way of thinking of Joe Biden’s administration. It tells about the recognition of the State of Palestine.

The American government has opposed the recognition of the State of Palestine in the United Nations institutions for the past few decades and emphasized that this issue can only be achieved through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will be possible.

A senior US official told Axios that efforts to find a way to end the war in Gaza will lead to a rethinking of many old principles and policies.

International analysts say the creation of a Palestinian state is part of the broader efforts of the Joe Biden administration to pave the way for reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

The American government was trying to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel before the Al-Aqsa storm operation that happened on October 7 (15th October). These efforts became more complicated and suspended after October 7.

Saudi officials have said in public and private circles that any attempt to normalize relations with Israel is contingent on agreeing to form It will be the state of Palestine. Some inside the Biden government now believe that the recognition of the state of Palestine should be the first step in the reconciliation negotiations between Israel and Palestine, not the last step.

So far, several The option for American action towards the recognition of an independent state has been proposed: 1- Recognizing the Palestinian state bilaterally 2- Not using the veto and allowing the Security Council to recognize Palestine as a full member of the United Nations and 3- Persuading other countries to recognize the state of Palestine.

American officials told Axios that examining the options regarding the recognition of the state of Palestine is one of several issues that Blinken asked the ministry. The foreign ministry wanted to think about it.

Two American officials said that Blinken also wanted to consider another plan based on the model of several other countries to form a Palestinian state without an army.

The idea of ​​forming Palestine without an army is a plan that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, raised several times between 2009 and 2015, but has not mentioned it in recent years.

Despite this, Joe Biden has made statements in recent weeks that indicate that Netanyahu is not opposed to this plan. About 20 days ago, after Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the two-state solution plan Biden said he had spoken with Netanyahu and it appeared that he was not opposed to “any two-state solution”.

After reporters asked Biden to clarify what he meant, he said: There are several types of two-state solutions. Some of the member states of the United Nations do not have an army… there are some countries that have restrictions. So I think there are ways to move things forward.”

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