Palestinian Social Development Minister Ahmed Majdalani pointed out that “Palestinians were counting on the visit of US President Joe Biden to make a breakthrough in a peace process that has been in a coma since the days of former US President Barack Obama.” .” 2009-2017), and reached the level of a breakdown in Palestinian-American relations during the era of former US President Donald Trump, when he proposed the “Deal of the Century” project.

In a press interview, he emphasized that “Palestinians do not expect any economic assistance from the visit or improvement in their living conditions under the weight of Israeli occupation”, emphasizing that “although the new US administration led by Biden has presented a different political discourse from the previous administration, except that she hasn’t taken a single practical political step to deliver on those promises and commitments, and she’s still in the same square as the Trump administration.”

Majdalani explained: “We placed bets and believed that Biden would make a political breakthrough that would end the state of political vacuum that had persisted for years and lead to a resurgence of a political process that had gone into a complete coma, but unfortunately the US administration still stands its ground,” noting that “what poisoned me” The Jerusalem Declaration, signed by Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, is “a new document of a strategic alliance related to modern technological problems.”

He emphasized that “what was discussed in relation to the Palestinian issue during Biden’s visit to the region is the criminalization of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, without taking into account the fact that both movements are an important component of the Palestinian society and the Palestinian national movement” . And he pointed out that “the Palestinians do not rely on the current US administration until the end of its tenure in order to revive the political process between Palestine and occupation.”

Notably, Biden arrived in Israel last Wednesday for a visit during which he met with state leaders and then met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank yesterday, Friday, to later return to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Aviv. and take off from it on a direct flight to Saudi Arabia.