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U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hold a joint press conference in Bethlehem in the West Bank on July 15. (Palestinian Presidency\/Handout\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images via JTA.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Gabe Friedman<\/p>\n

After meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. President Joe Biden conceded that \u201cthe ground is not ripe at this moment\u201d to restart long-dormant peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that the goal of the two-state [solution] seems so far away, while indignities like restrictions on movement and travel or the daily worry of your children\u2019s safety are real and immediate,\u201d the president said. \u201cSo even if the ground is not ripe at this moment to restart negotiations, the United States and my administration will not give up on trying to bring the Palestinians and the Israelis closer together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden made the remarks at a Palestinian hospital in East Jerusalem on Friday on the last leg of his first trip to Israel as president. He announced $316 million in new aid measures \u2014 including $200 million to the United Nations agency that works with Palestinian refugees and smaller amounts toward 4G internet construction in the West Bank and Gaza \u2014 in a move that contrasts sharply with the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump, who slashed most U.S. aid to the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

But despite those moves and rhetoric not heard from a U.S. president in recent years \u2014 \u201cPalestinians are hurting, you can just feel it\u201d \u2014 Biden left his meeting with Abbas without having moved the needle on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. High-level peace talks have not taken place since 2014, and a significant flank of Israeli politicians have moved away from supporting a two-state solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael must remain an independent, democratic Jewish state,\u201d Biden said on Friday. \u201cThe best way to achieve that remains a two-state solution, for two people, both of whom have deep and ancient roots in this land, living side by side in peace and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden also called for \u201ca full and transparent accounting\u201d of the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian journalist killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Biden White House\u2019s findings from a joint investigation echo those from probes by the Associated Press, The Washington Post and The New York Times, which each found that Akleh was likely killed by an Israeli bullet. Israel says the cause of her death cannot be determined from available evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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