'The Palestinian people deserve a state of their own' Biden pledges after meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas - as he calls death of Al-Jazeera journalist and American citizen Shireen Abu Akleh an 'enormous loss'
President Joe Biden was greeted with considerable pomp as he met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas Friday in the occupied West Bank
- The Palestinians rolled out the red carpet in Bethlehem - literally - as Biden and Abbas reviewed the troops and national anthems were played
- After their meeting, Biden reaffirmed his commitment to a two-state solution, an independent Israel and Palestine
- An empty chair for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was in the room where Biden and Abbas gave remarks
- Biden also called the death of the Palestinian-American journalist an 'enormous loss' and asked for 'a full and transparent accounting of her death'
President Joe Biden reaffirmed his commitment to the two-state solution as he met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Friday in Bethlehem.
Biden also called the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh an 'enormous loss' that needed to be investigated, as he was greeted with calls of 'Justice for Shireen,' including from Abbas, all morning as he traveled through East Jerusalm and to the occupied West Bank.
'As I stand with you today, now as president of the United States, my commitment to that goal of a two-state solution has not changed in all these years,' Biden said, standing alongside Abbas. 'The Palestinian people deserve a state of their own that's independent, sovereign, viable and contiguous.'
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